Garage Giveaways Controversy (1970-1979)

Unissued / Unused material - News report by John Stapleton concerning special deals from petrol filling stations. VS of garage forecourts advertising cheap petrol and trading stamps. Interviews with garage owners talking about the stamps and free gifts. They say the stamps and gifts cause the petrol prices to be inflated. Intercut with shots of promotional materials. Ext of Shell-Mex house in London (old building). Interview with spokesman from Shell UK. Interview with more garage owners and representative. Interview with Shell rep. More interviews. VS of garage forecourts. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bullet