All Colour Reel: Election - Britain’s Dilemma

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2335A

Date Released

7 Mar 1974

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Section Title

All Colour Reel

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: General Election Colour. DESCRIPTION: The General Election 1974 ends in stalemate. Who is to lead Britain out of the crisis era? The people have voted, but the decision as to who rules, is Britain’s Dilemma. SHOTLIST: Sidcup main shopping area. Sign ‘Sidcup’. LV suburban street scene with placards for Heath and Liberal Candidates. CU sign ‘Vote Heath’. SV Heath poster ‘Firm action for fair Britain’. SV signpost to Liverpool and Huyton. LV house with posters ‘Vote Wilson’. SV poster on house ' We Can’t Afford Another Tory Government’. CU poster ‘Vote Wilson Labour’. CU pan down large Liberal post ‘Jeremy Thorpe the man for N Devon’. CU picture of Thorpe on poster flanked by Heath and Wilson. LV Thorpe with wife outside polling station with press. SV pan Harold Wilson at Huyton walking from car to Labour HQ. SCU pan Ted Heath walking into pub at Bexley for drink. LV interior Heath standing at bar surrounded by Conservatives. SV press. SV Heath drinking from tankard. CU Heath smiling, angle shot exterior sign Polling Station. SV Heath arriving at Westminster Polling Station to vote. LV people & Wilson at Huyton Polling Station. SV Wilson holding toy doll standing with children outside Polling Station. SV

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Aviation; Communications

Locations

United Kingdom

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

99692A

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

402

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