| FIRST LABOUR PARTY GOVERNMENT Pan across members of the first British Labour Government | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6274 | |
| Catalog #: | 369680 | |
| Clip Number: | 369680-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 492 J | |
| Timecode: | 01:28:41 - 01:29:33 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy, Great Britain LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London PERSONALITIES: MacDonald, Ramsay POLITICS: Political Party, British, Labour | |
| Description: | FIRST LABOUR PARTY GOVERNMENT Pan across members of the first British Labour Government Pan on large group of British politicians - MPs from Labour Party (and possibly some from Liberal Party? ) posing in 5 rows on steps or risers outside Houses of Parliament. A couple women MPs. Then MCU new Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. NOTE: In the 1923 General Election the Conservative Party actually won the most seats but not by an absolute majority; so Labour Party leader Ramsay MacDonald was asked to form a government, depending on support from the Liberal Party.(Labour and Liberal parties together had 60%) Included in the cabinet were Clynes, Thomas, Snowdon, Henderson, Webb, Haldane, Wheatley, Trevelyan etc | |
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