Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Election News

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
839
Date Released
2 Jul 1945
Date submitted
27 Jun 1945
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: General Election Some of the 1,672 Candidates. DESCRIPTION: SOME OF THE 1672 - Nomination Day in the General Election and candidates can be seen in their constituencies. Amongst the prospective MPs seen are Herbert Morrison, Brendan Bracken, Edith Summerskill and Sir William Beveridge. Mr Churchill on a tour visits Coventry and Birmingham. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Houses of Parliament. Inside Stepney Town Hall, Mr Attlee hands in his £150.00 nomination fee. CU Attlee, pan to right. CU Mr Edwards (Communist), Mr Woodward (Conservative). Mr Morrison arrives at his election rooms in East Lewisham, outside Lewisham Town Hall, SCU Morrison. CU Brendan Bracken. CU General Mason McFarlane, his opponent at Paddington. Various shots of Mrs Mavis Tate, addressing factory workers at Frome (silent). SCU & CU of her talking into mike (silent). CU Dr Edith Summerskill, contesting West Fulham. Pan of small crowd surrounding Donald McCullough, SCU & CU of McCullough, at King’s Lynn. Sir William Beveridge out of car. CU Beveridge. Sir William Darling with lady canvassers outside election rooms. SCU Darling. GV of Mr Jimmy Maxton talking to small group. In South West Hull. CU Richard Law. Various shots of crowds around Mr Bevin on van addressing crowds. SCU of Bevin speaking (in sound) - for script see commentary. Mr & Mrs Hancock. GVs of Mr Churchill in car in Ladywood Division, drives through crowds, also driving through crowded streets of Coventry. At Leamington Spa, open park he addresses huge throng there, "... support National Government etc ..." - for script see commentary. Various shots of him driving through crowded, waving streets in open car.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Women; Economics; Newspapers
Footage sources
Gaumont
Scottish Films
Card file number
45888
Credits:
Camera
David Prosser
Camera
James Humphries
Camera
John W. Cotter
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
279
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Election News', British Movietone News Issue No. 839, 2 Jul 1945. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13496 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)