50 YEARS PROGRESS Item celebrating 50 years of progress through Labour Exchanges. London.
	Tape Master:	5829
	Catalog #:	130782
	Clip Number:	130782-1
	Orginal Film:	60/11
	Timecode:	01:01:48 - 01:05:58
	Location:	London, England
	Year Shot:	1960 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	BUILDINGS: Slums/Tenements CROWDS: Demonstrators CROWDS: Queue (Line), Misc ECONOMICS: Poverty ECONOMICS: Unemployment FOOD: Rationing/Shortages GREAT DEPRESSION: Conditions INDUSTRY: Factories, Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Factory Workers OCCUPATIONS: Law Enforcement, Police OCCUPATIONS: Unemployed PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Occupational RETROSPECTIVES: Misc
	Description:	50 years progress - Labor Exchanges. Marylebone, London Various shots of the exterior of the new Labor Exchange at Lisson Grove, Marylebone. M/S of the entrance and a man looking at the employment notices on the board. C/U of the vacancies advertised. M/S interior of the Minister of Labour, The Right Honorable Edward Heath, standing at counter watching man being interviewed. M/S Heath, camera pans to man being interviewed. C/U notice - 'Ministry of Labour 1910-1960'. Montage of library shots show old Labor Exchange with big lines and high unemployment. C/U sign 'no men wanted'. M/S men in line, various shots of slum streets. M/S closed shipyards. Various shots of marches to demonstrate against high unemployment. M/S Ernest Bevin. L/S demonstrations. M/S George Lansbury making speech. M/S's of police and demonstrators fighting, a man is arrested and marches down the street. C/U 10 Downing Street. M/S as Jimmy Maxton leads a delegation there. M/S of group talking to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. M/S Ellen Wilkinson. Various shots of adults and children queuing up for soup kitchens and coal. C/U Lord William Beveridge seated on platform at new Labour Exchange. Various shots as he makes a speech about his role in starting the scheme, people applaud. Montage of shots showing situation in 1960 with nearly full employment. L/S people walking to work. M/S's of men operating heavy machinery in factories. M/S of men on their tea break. Various shots of other machinery. Various shots of new housing estates and blocks of flats.

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