The Smoke Menace (1937)
A stark warning about Britain’s coal-fired smog, charting its damage to health, buildings, and the economy while advocating cleaner gas/electric power, processed smokeless fuels, and better housing—presaging the Great Smog of 1952 and the Clean Air Act of 1956.
- Date of release
- 1937-10-13
- Runtime
- 11m
- Director
- John Taylor
Casting
- Peter Hine — Self - Commentator
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