Lower the Tax: Your Petition Goes to Parliament

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2115

Date Released

7 Jun 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1His Holiness Beatifies Pius X
2. 2Farina Wins Ulster Trophy
3. 3Reports in Brief: Stop Press
4. 4Reports in Brief: Stop Press
5. 5Reports in Brief: Stop Press
6. 6Reports in Brief: Stop Press
7. 7Lower the Tax: Your Petition Goes to Parliament
8. 8King Haakon Visits England
9. 9Boston Pageant Marks Year of Festival
10. *Northern Ireland Welcomes Queen

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 9

Summary

Three and a quarter million signatures (two big van loads) are conveyed to House of Commons. They support the Cinematograph Exhibitors’ Association’s monster petition to Parliament to lower entertainment tax.

Keywords

Economics; Demonstrations; Propaganda; Newsreels

Library number

19588

Length of story (in feet)

61

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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