Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Whitehall Chars’ Mop March

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1027

Date Released

7 Feb 1949

Date submitted

1 Feb 1949

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Office Cleaners Protest (Mrs Mopps March). DESCRIPTION: From Lincoln’s Inn Fields to the Treasury, the chars march with their mops. The Government cleaners are demanding more money and receive support from Mrs Mopp (Dorothy Summers). SHOTLIST: KS Tilt down Treasury. Office cleaners with mops walk out of Government Building. Cleaners assembling ready to march. Trucking shots of them marching towards Lincoln’s Inn Fields, carrying posters & banners etc. Mrs Dorothy Summers (Mrs Mop) meets the cleaners, she jokes with them & makes topical gags. Can I do you now, sir & I brought this for you. CU of her saying same, with cut-ins of office cleaners holding mops.

Keywords

Women; Demonstrations; Labour relations

Locations

London

Card file number

51422

Credits:

Camera: Alec Tozer
Camera: David W. Samuelson
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Martin Gray

Length of story (in feet)

146

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