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Motorists Protest Basic Cut

Series

Series Name
British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.
1738
Date Released
27 Oct 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Flying Boat Ocean Rescue (First Pictures)
  2. 2French Elections Bring New Crisis
  3. 3Train Crash Kills Twenty-Nine, Injures One Hundred and Fifty
  4. 4King Unveils Memorial to His Father
  5. 5Motorists Protest Basic Cut

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
Nearly seven hundred protesting motorists rally in Hyde Park to hear Sir Miles Thomas uphold their claim, and Paramount’s cameraman obtains bystanders’ opinions on the proposed cut. Deputation interviews Minister of Fuel and Power. Already roads show signs of desertion, garages close cars are laid up.
Keywords
Politics and government; Economics; Transport; Demonstrations; Vox populi; Newsreels
Library number
16572
Credits:
Soundman
Arthur Smith
Camera
Arthur W. Farmer
Camera
Edward Henry Hawkins
Camera
James F. Gemmell
Camera
Ronald L. Read
Length of story (in feet)
171
Story extras:

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Film Archive

Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
Email
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Web
http://reuters.screenocean.com/
Phone
+44(0)1954 262052
Address
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London
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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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