Devaluation - By Sir Stafford Cripps

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1059A
Date Released
22 Sep 1949
Date submitted
20 Sep 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Devaluation - By Sir Stafford Cripps
  2. 2US Golfers Retain Ryder Cup
  3. 3The Duke of Edinburgh as a Cricketer
  4. 4HMS Amethyst Leaves for Home
  5. *Trailer: Give Us a Lift

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Devaluation - Sir Stafford Cripps. DESCRIPTION: After his announcement of devaluation, Sir Stafford Cripps speaks for the newsreels. In Throgmorton Street, while the Banks and the London Stock Exchange are closed, brokers and jobbers make transactions in the street. SHOTLIST: KS. CU Treasury notes. Interior - SCU & CU Sir Stafford speaking on the devaluation of the pound. GV Throgmorton Street as a street market (banks being closed). SCU sign "Throgmorton Street". Crowds in street. Interior & exterior Foreign Exchange office. MS Bank of England doors. SCU doors Bank of England. MS London Stock Exchange. Several shots mass of jobbers & brokers dealing in street outside Stock Exchange. CU dollar notes. CU pound notes. GV Houses of Parliament.
Keywords
Politics and government; Economics
Locations
London
Footage sources
Gaumont
British Paramount
Card file number
52564
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
224
Story extras:
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