'Topical’ Triumphs Again
Series
- Series Name
- Daily Sketch Topical Budget
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- [SUBTITLE]: "By permission of the Authorities we transform Trafalgar Square on Election Night - into the World’s greatest Cinema Theatre. 50,000 cheering people watch us show 50,000 feet of pictures and all Election results wirelessed by Marconi to our screen. "'Topical’s reporters receiving the Wireless results". "Others filmed this unique scene by our 3,000,000 candle-power lights - But we don’t mind - ‘TOPICAL’ IS BRITISH We Lead - Others Follow!". "The Soul of England still"." Trafalgar Square on Election Night with the waiting crowd lit by searchlights and entertained with films supplied by FBO and Topical. Item ends with shot of Nelson’s Column at night.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Newsreels
- Credits:
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- Camera
- James J. Taylor
- Camera
- John Hutchins
- Length of story (in feet)
- 134
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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