Cinema Seats Tax Appeal

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1148A

Date Released

7 Jun 1951

Date submitted

4 Jun 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ulster Greets Royal Visitors
2. 2President’s Daughter in Britain
3. 3Cinema Seats Tax Appeal
4. 4Off to Cyprus
5. 5King of Norway’s Visit
6. *Ulster Greets Royal Visits

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cinema Seats Tax Appeal. DESCRIPTION: Councillor Mears and Mr Fuller, respectively President and General Secretary of the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association, saw the huge petition off. Three and a Quarter Million signatures were collected in twelve days. The petition was being presented to the Commons by Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre, MP. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Forms being packed, bound with strings. Councillor Mears & Mr Fuller watch package of petition forms being loaded onto lorries. Lorries leave & drive across Trafalgar Square into Whitehall, arrival at Houses of Parliament. Unloading packages, & carrying into House. Watching is Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre, MP. Lorries have large poster pasted on the side.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Economics; Industry and manufacture; Demonstrations

Locations

London

Card file number

55568

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

53

Story extras:

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