No Tonic for the Nurses

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1717A
Date Released
3 May 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nurses Protest March. DESCRIPTION: Some 10,000 nurses came to Trafalgar Square in London, to demonstrate support of their pay claim. Many carried banners expressing disgust at the Government’s 2 1/2 per cent pay offer. It was the biggest gathering of nurses ever seen in Britain. SHOTLIST: CU of nurses’ faces. The start of the march from Marble Arch. Looking through the Arch as they file past. Marching down Oxford Street. They swing into Trafalgar Square (several). CUs of posters. General view CU of nurses listening to speakers. Pan down Nelson’s Column to general view. Shot of speaker Miss M Burns, Matron of St Helens Hospital, Barnsley.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Labour relations
Locations
London; Trafalgar Square; Marble Arch
Card file number
84285
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

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'No Tonic for the Nurses', British Movietone News Issue No. 1717A, 3 May 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24617 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)