Courtesy of Imperial War Museum

Frequently, popular show business personalities were used to present a propaganda message. The film and comedy star Tommy Trinder presents this light-hearted attempt to promote British Restaurants, part of the government's communal eating policy.

The use of Trinder and other actors in Eating Out also facilitated one of the film's messages that using a British Restaurant carried no social stigma, as they were frequented by stars and people from all classes. Not only are these restaurants democratic but, as Trinder demonstrates, an appropriate place to take your fiancée and her family.

Students of architecture and design may be interested in the mural designs on the walls of the restaurant in this film. These were a common feature in British Restaurants and were executed by contemporary artists of the calibre of Edward Bawden and Eric Gill.

IWM Film and Video Archive Loans Catalogue (2000)

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