British Parliament Recalled

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1060A

Date Released

29 Sep 1949

Date submitted

Sep 1949

Date submitted

27 Sep 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Atomic Explosion Heard in Russia
2. 2Sterling Goods Reduced to New York Shoppers
3. 3British Parliament Recalled
4. 4Western Union’s Operation Bulldog
5. 5Trailer: Join the Wrens

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parliament Recalled. DESCRIPTION: In view of the recent devaluation of the pound, Parliament had been recalled to discuss the Government’s latest move to close the dollar gap. SHOTLIST: KS. GV river fore, Houses of Parliament in background. Cars enter Parliament court. Attlee out of No 10 into car & car leaves. No 11 - SCU of door, opens & Cripps walks out, enters car. Winston Churchill leaves his Hyde Park Gate house & drives off. Churchill’s car enters Parliament court. Crowds outside. Big Ben with hands at 2.30pm.

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

London

Card file number

52584A

Credits:

Camera

Alec Tozer

Camera

David W. Samuelson

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Martin Gray

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive