In this short subject for the British war effort, we first see Robertson Hare as a clerk, sitting at his desk, occasionally looking around. All of his fellow clerks are gone to war. Hare repairs mousetraps at home for a hobby. He sees an advertisement for men who can be trained as engineers, what in the US are called tool-and-die makers. He goes in for training, and in less than the time it takes to watch this movie, he's a skilled craftsman, making a contribution to the war effort, and a good wage, too.
Hare was one of the farceurs who arose to public notice in the 1920s at the Aldwych Theatre. He played fussy, incompetent pen-pushers, and this short film played with that image effectively.
