Charley's March of Time (1948)
1948 · Animation · 9 min · dir. Halas & Batchelor
- Animation
- Short
Synopsis
Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British citizens.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Halas & Batchelor
- Running time
- 9 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Welfare State
- Social insurance
Cast & crew
Halas & Batchelor Director
Harold Berens
Geoffrey Sumner
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Not the best Charley on this topic · SirJekyllAppliance · 2007-11-01
Movieman... pensioners DO get £1000's! Arguably not enough £1000's. Indeed most of the benefits of NI continue to exist. Unfortunately people's expectations have increased along with material living standards. Several things weren't factored in and possibly couldn't be predicted at the inception e.g. population growth, lower infant mortality/death in childbirth, myriad technological advances leading to a vast panopoly of new treatments that extend life, the dispersal of family units and the trend away from 'caring for our elders', population growth due to the immigration instigated withdrawal…
