1970s UK Energy Crisis - Archive Film 1073468

This film is available to license from our website at Huntley Film Archives, by searching for film 1073468 in our Film # search bar: https://www.huntleyarchives.com/ Film about the energy crisis of the 1970's. Oil crisis. Britain experiencing shortages. A completely empty motorway - petrol shortage. A hand-written sign reading 'Sorry! No Sugar' - sugar shortage. An electronic petrol pump read-out with fuel at 70 pence a gallon. Short-time working in a shop when the lights go out in an energy crisis. Hurricane lamp lit. Price rises - price ticket on biscuits raised from 19 pence to 21 pence. The floor of a vandalised red telephone box. Newspaper headline refer to fuel rises and inflation at 18% Huntley Film Archives is a film library holding tens of thousands of films. The large majority of the films are documentaries. Films cover a wide range of subjects and production dates range from the 1890’s to the 2020’s. As with all libraries we make no judgement on the content of our holdings and make them available for educational purposes for all to see. Films may have content or express opinions some may think inappropriate or offensive, but it is not the work of a library to censor educational resources. Films should be viewed with historical objectivity and within a context relevant to the times in which they were produced