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16mm film: 'David Dimbleby Speaks About Oxfam', 1972

David Dimbleby discusses poverty and Oxfam's efforts in relief work and through projects supporting long term development. He is filmed in an Oxfam shop, where he finds a toy llama from Peru and beads from southern Africa. He explains that Oxfam goes to great lengths to avoid wasting money received and reads from a file relating to work in Dahomey (later Benin) to illustrate this. 'They're never just cash handouts, they always aim at encouraging and teaching people to make things a bit…
Shelfmark: MS. Oxfam COM/5/4/48
Extents: 1 reel
Dates: 1972