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The Cinema Tax Must Go

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
58/25
Date Released
27 Mar 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Cinema Tax Must Go
  2. *Unusual Aircraft
  3. *Marathon Wire-Walker
  4. *New York Fire
  5. *Weightlifters of the World
  6. *Britain’s New Motorway
  7. *International Motor Cross

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
Only the cinema is still subject to Entertainment Tax - and this huge burden is strangling a great industry, a source of livelihood for thousands and the favourite relaxation of millions. Pathe News shows why, if the cinema is to survive, the tax must go.
Keywords
Politics and government; Entertainment and leisure; Economics
Locations
London; England; United Kingdom
Footage sources
Library
Credits:
Camera
Cedric Baynes
Camera
Kenneth G. Goddard
Camera
William Jordan
Length of story (in feet)
644
Story extras:
Film clip

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Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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