Salvage with a Smile is a 1940 British short black-and-white public information film directed and written by Adrian Brunel and starring Aubrey Mallalieu, Kathleen Harrison, Ronald Shiner and Phyllis Morris. It was produced by Ealing Studios and the Ministry of Supply for the Ministry of Information.
Synopsis The educational film aims to help the "people back home" save paper, bones and metal, for the war effort.The National Archives Focus on Film 1900-45 World War Two Salvage with a Smile
Cast Aubrey Mallalieu as the professor Kathleen Harrison as the housekeeper Ronald Shiner as the dustman Phyllis Morris as Miss Green
Reception Kine Weekly wrote: "For those wishful to help but uncertain of the method, the M.O.I. offers simple suggestions and illustrate the many uses to which the nation's salvage is put."
References
External links Salvage with a Smile at the British Film Institute (The National Archives UK channel)