Butler’s Budget

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1188A
Date Released
13 Mar 1952
Date submitted
11 Mar 1952
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  2. 2FA Cup 6th Round
  3. 3Country Wedding for Alison Attlee
  4. 4Jap Communists Parade
  5. 5Aussie Troops for Korea
  6. 6South Bank Under the Hammer
  7. 7Butler’s Budget
  8. *FA Cup 6th Round
  9. *FA Cup 6th Round
  10. *Rugby International
  11. *Scottish Cup 4th Round

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Butler’s Budget. DESCRIPTION: Budget Day interest concentrated on the Houses of Parliament and on Downing Street, where large crowds waited to see the Prime Minister on his way to the House. Cameras were in full force outside the Chancellor’s House and we asked him to say a word for the Newsreel. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU pound (stirling) notes. Crowds outside Houses of Parliament, queuing to get into Parliament. Crowds at Downing Street. Churchill out of No 10, waves to crowds, enters car & drive off, crowd surge forward. At Smith Square, Butler out of house, cu-in several cameramen & press-boys waiting. Butler says a few words about the forthcoming budget. SCU holding of Despatch Box. Into car & drives off. Arrivals at HoP.. Churchill’s car enters courtyard. Butler’s car enters. Crowds watching. MS Big Ben tilt down to HoP. GV across river of Houses of Parliament, rather gloomy shot. Good scenes - Sign Downing Street. Crowds in Downing Street. Crowds (archway in fore) outside No 10, Downing Street. SCU No 10 Downing Street, policeman on duty outside. Crowds outside Parliament, also queuing. Tilt down from Big Ben to Parliament Square. GV Parliament Square looking down Whitehall. Various shots of the Houses of Parliament shot from opposite of river - wintry scene. GV Parliament with leafy trees in Parliament Square in fore.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Weather; Environment; Economics; Police
Locations
London
Card file number
56885
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
George Richardson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
Martin Gray
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
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