The Choice of the Country

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1846

Date Released

19 Oct 1964

Date submitted

15 Oct 1964

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Choice of the Country. DESCRIPTION: Would it be Harold Wilson? Labour’s forty-eight year old leader never showed any doubts and his constituents at Huyton were to return him with a thumping majority. The results showed a steady surge towards Labour. At least, to start with. The fantastic last minute Tory retaliation was still to come. A very close result but Labour just gets through, and its a smiling Harold Wilson who returns to Transport House. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MCU Harold Wilson. MS same. CU Huyton (Mr Wilson’s constituency) polling notice. MS Mr Wilson and women in Huyton. MS same waved off by group. MS same shakes hands with voter. GV Kinross main street. CU sign Kinross. MS Sir Alec Douglas-Home shakes hands with voters. CU Sir Alec. CU polling day sign. MS nurses enter polling station. MS pan coloured people do likewise. MS nurse voting. CU hands putting slips into ballot box. CU Conservative poster. CU Labour poster. CU Liberal poster. CU Labour poster. MS votes put from box onto table for counting. CU same. MCU counting votes. MCU crowd. MS result from Cheltenham on board. CU counting votes. MS Billericay recount showing on board. MS crowd. CU counting votes. MS Sparkbrook result on board. MS fireworks. MS Holborn result on board. MS fireworks. MS comic picture of Wilson on board. MS crowd. MS Perry Barr result on board. MS crowd. MS Salford West result on board. MS crowd in Trafalgar Square. MS Picture of RA Butler on board. MS crowd in Trafalgar Square. MS man jumps into fountain in Trafalgar Square. MS Chelsea result on board. MS group of people in fountain. MS Hayes and Harlington results on board. MS fireworks. MS crowd in fountain. MS crowd in Trafalgar Square. MS people in fountain. MS crowd with umbrellas up. MS people in fountain. MS crowd in Trafalgar Square. MS comic picture of Wilson gives Victory sign on board. MCU pan Harold Wilson.

Locations

Scotland; United Kingdom

Footage sources

Movietone
Templar Films

Card file number

88955

Credits:

Camera: Keith Medley
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

257

Story extras:

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