1 Minute 30 seconds

Released: 1941

Sponsor: Ministry of Information for Ministry of Agriculture

Production: Merton Park

Commentary by: C. G May

Public information film featuring talking chickens, which encourages people to save scraps for more eggs.

Starts with the cockerel telling the hens that their target is to "lay an egg a day" to which a hen replies "I want to do my bit, goodness knows!" then complains about the lack of food.

The film explains by way of the hens quest for more food, that the government has arranged a nationwide appeal for kitchen scraps to feed hens.