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Britain’s destiny at the ballot boxes ... GENERAL ELECTION 1931

Series

Series Name
British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
90
Date Released
19 Oct 1931
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Springboks Crush London’s Rugby XV
  2. 2Britain’s destiny at the ballot boxes ... GENERAL ELECTION 1931

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: GENERAL ELECTION 1931. DESCRIPTION: Mr Henderson puts case for Opposition during contest at Burnley. Fol. British Movietone News, in presenting subjects which bear on the General Election, is hopeful of adding to the information of the public concerning the issues at stake. Naturally, it does not identify itself with the views of any one leader or party. Sub 1. Mr Lloyd George from Churt advises Liberals to vote free trade. Sub 2. Nomination day brings Opponents together for the first time. Sub 3. Spurning sanctuary of a safe seat, Mr MacDonald fights good fight. SHOTLIST: MS and CU speaking. Sub 1. MS and CU speaking. Sub 2. MS Sir Herbert Samuel (Leader of the National Liberals) attends for nomination at Darwen he walks through crowd into building. CU Samuel speaking. Miss Cazalet (Conservative) and Mrs Manning (Labour). They shake hands and speak about the Election at Islington. Mr Winston Churchill at Epping. MS Walking with Mrs Churchill. MS speaking. Sub 3. Mr Ramsay MacDonald At Seaham. CU alights from car and speaks to workmen. Chats to old lady.
Keywords
Politics and government
Card file number
1468
Length of story (in feet)
470
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