Sir Stafford Cripps Resigns

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1116
Date Released
23 Oct 1950
Date submitted
21 Oct 1950
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cripps Resigns, Gaitskell Takes Over. DESCRIPTION: With the announcement from Downing street that Sir Stafford Cripps had resigned his post as Chancellor, came the news that Mr Hugh Gaitskell had been appointed to succeed him. SHOTLIST: KS. Library - MS Cripps, crowds around. Shots of Cripps leaving No 11 for Budget, crowds surge round. Cripps holds up Budget Bag. At London Airport, Gaitskell’s plane taxies, Gaitskell’s wife enters plane, Gaitskell alights with wife. SCU of both. Gaitskell interviewed on resignation of Cripps. Gaitskell & wife arrive at No 10. Cut-in SCU door. Gaitskell poses for cameramen, wife pushes him into No 10. No 11, MS. Cripps walks out & leaves by car for Buckingham Palace. Car arrives & drives into Palace.
Keywords
Politics and government
Card file number
54501
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
George Richardson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
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'Sir Stafford Cripps Resigns', British Movietone News Issue No. 1116, 23 Oct 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16731 (Accessed 07 Feb 2025)