Cinema Seats Tax Appeal

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1148A
Date Released
7 Jun 1951
Date submitted
4 Jun 1951
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cinema Seats Tax Appeal. DESCRIPTION: Councillor Mears and Mr Fuller, respectively President and General Secretary of the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association, saw the huge petition off. Three and a Quarter Million signatures were collected in twelve days. The petition was being presented to the Commons by Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre, MP. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Forms being packed, bound with strings. Councillor Mears & Mr Fuller watch package of petition forms being loaded onto lorries. Lorries leave & drive across Trafalgar Square into Whitehall, arrival at Houses of Parliament. Unloading packages, & carrying into House. Watching is Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre, MP. Lorries have large poster pasted on the side.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Economics; Industry and manufacture; Demonstrations
Locations
London
Card file number
55568
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:
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'Cinema Seats Tax Appeal', British Movietone News Issue No. 1148A, 7 Jun 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17169 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)