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.

Release1937-10-13

Runtime11 min

StatusReleased

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Original languageEN

SpokenEnglish

DirectorJohn Taylor

WritersJ.B.S. Haldane

ProductionBritish Commercial Gas Association, Realist Film Unit

Popularity0

TMDB ID1190794