Motorists Protest Basic Cut
Series
- Series Name
- British Paramount News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- Nearly seven hundred protesting motorists rally in Hyde Park to hear Sir Miles Thomas uphold their claim, and Paramount’s cameraman obtains bystanders’ opinions on the proposed cut. Deputation interviews Minister of Fuel and Power. Already roads show signs of desertion, garages close cars are laid up.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Economics; Transport; Demonstrations; Vox populi; Newsreels
- Library number
- 16572
- Credits:
-
- Soundman
- Arthur Smith
- Camera
- Arthur W. Farmer
- Camera
- Edward Henry Hawkins
- Camera
- James F. Gemmell
- Camera
- Ronald L. Read
- Length of story (in feet)
- 171
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Production Documents
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Film Archive
- Name
- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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- Web
- http://reuters.screenocean.com/
- Phone
- +44(0)1954 262052
- Address
- 124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX - Notes
- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'Motorists Protest Basic Cut', British Paramount News Issue No. 1738, 27 Oct 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/40779 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)