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The Second Freedom follows Jack Brown as he goes through life, and explores the various benefits he may receive as a result of National Insurance.
Social Assurance
'The biography of 'Mrs. Brown's Boy Jack' shows how the British system of Social Assurance affects the lives of working people. His mother receives pre-natal and maternity benefits; the vast machinery of Social Assurance works for him from infancy to old age. He is entitled to numerous benefits, including unemployment insurance and workmen's compensation'
(Films of Britain - British Council Film Department Catalogue - 1942-43)
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