The Crisis

Series

Series Name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue

Super Issue No.

31/69

Date Released

27 Aug 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Salute - En Masse!
2. 2The Crisis
3. 3Like Human Swallows
4. 4Living Up to Her Name
5. 5The Hero of the ‘Poseidon’

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

Tense crowds in Downing Street and before Buckingham Palace see history made as socialist government resigns and Mr Ramsay MacDonald, Mr Baldwin and Sir Herbert Samuel form our first national government.

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

London

Credits:

Camera

Harold G. Jones

Camera

Montague G. Benson

Length of story (in feet)

425

Story extras:

Film clip

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Phone

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Notes

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