By-Election Won by Labour

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1446
Date Released
18 Feb 1957
Date submitted
15 Feb 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queen Leaves
  2. 2By-Election Won by Labour
  3. 3The Jaguar Blaze
  4. 4For Sea Rescue
  5. 5Wedding in Soho
  6. 6The Fifth Round - Manchester United V Everton
  7. 7The Fifth Round - Bournemouth V Spurs
  8. *The Dairy Show

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lewisham By-Election. DESCRIPTION: It was expected that the North Lewisham by-election would be a close thing. The Conservative candidate was Mr Farmer. And, in a three cornered battle, his chief opponent was Mr MacDermot, fighting for the cause of Labour. And there was Miss Greene, Independent Loyalist. The counting of the votes showed that Labour polled at full strength, while Tory votes were down by over 4,000. The result was declared by Alderman Hawkins. SHOTLIST: GV of Lewisham. Norman Farmer with constituents. Mr MacDermot in garden. Miss Leslie Green on stand. Green. Close up. Crowds. Polling station. Arrivals. Town Hall. Counting votes. Result declared by mayor. New member and wife.
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
Lewisham
Card file number
69790
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Ken Taylor
Camera
Robert Turner
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
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