Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Fianna Fail Heads Poll in Eire Elections

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
975A
Date Released
12 Feb 1948
Date submitted
9 Feb 1948
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eire General Election. DESCRIPTION: Mr de Valera ended the election with 66 seats against 76 for all other parties. It remains to be seen whether he can hold onto power. SHOTLIST: KS MS various Election posters. MS entrance to polling station, Eamon de Valera enters. De Valera inside, casting his vote, his son can be seen in background. At counting office, Sean MacBride (de Valera’s opponent). Exterior shot shows figures of how the election is going outside Irish Times office.
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
Dublin
Footage sources
Hibernian Films
Card file number
49796
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Fianna Fail Heads Poll in Eire Elections', British Movietone News Issue No. 975A, 12 Feb 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14935 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)