Pre-Election Service & Election in Earnest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1079
Date Released
6 Feb 1950
Date submitted
3 Feb 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Newsreel Association Having Offered Equal Facilities to the Political Parties, Present in This Issue of the British Movietone News an Interview with Mr Attlee.
  2. 2Pre-Election Service & Election in Earnest
  3. 3Helmstedt Hold-Up
  4. 4Race Horse for Stan Matthews
  5. 5Winner Takes All
  6. 6Australian Weather Contrasts

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pre-Election Service. DESCRIPTION: The leaders of the three main political parties attended the service at St Paul’s Cathedral (the first of its kind) held on the eve of the general election campaign. In the constituencies canvassing begins and posters appear everywhere. SHOTLIST: KS. GV St Paul’s Cathedral with Fleet Street in the fore. SCU St Paul’s. Elevated GV of crowds & cars arrive at St Paul’s. Ground shot Dr Fisher arriving. Mr & Mrs Churchill arrive. Mr Morrison arrives, followed by Mr & Mrs Attlee. STILL: Group of the above seated in front & other ministers. (Mix pan of ministers in front row). Sub title ‘Election in Ernest’, Mr & Mrs Churchill walk down steps of St Paul’s. East Lewisham Labour Party Committee Rooms quick pan to Conservatives ditto in same road. Posters - Conservatives being pasted up. Interior Labour Committee Room, shows literature bring handed out, canvassers leave room. Canvasser (Conservative) stand talking (silent) to people around market stalls. Canvasser (Labour) handing out pamphlet at door of house. At beginning is Lord Woolton watching bill-poster stick up Conservative Poster.
Keywords
Politics and government; Religion and belief
Locations
London; St Paul’s Cathedral
Card file number
53181
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
117
Story extras:
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