| GAITSKELL TAKES OVER The Labour Party elects Mr Hugh Gaitskell to succeed Mr Clement Attlee as Party leader. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5780 | |
| Catalog #: | 188705 | |
| Clip Number: | 188705-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 55/101 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:16 - 01:13:48 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | JOURNALISM: Press Conference LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London PERSONALITIES: Gaitskell, Hugh PERSONALITIES: Morrison, Herbert Stanley POLITICS: Political Party, British, Labour | |
| Description: | See also catalog #s 528131 & 188706. GAITSKELL TAKES OVER. Transport House, London Labour party's new leader is chosen - Mr Hugh Gaitskell. SCU. Mr Morgan Phillips, Labour Party Secretary, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell and Mrs. Gaitskell at long table. SV. Exterior, Transport House. SCU. Mr. Herbert Morrison arriving at Transport House. CU. Sign, Transport House. SCU. Mr Gaitskell surrounded by batteries of news photographers. CU. News photographers. SCU. Morgan Phillips, Mr Gaitskell and Mrs Gaitskell seated, & CU. GV. From behind, newsreel cameramen to Morgan Phillips and Gaitskell at table. CU. Gaitskell giving statement (natural sound): "I greatly appreciate the confidence which the members of the Parliamentary labor party have shown in me in electing me to this extremely important position. It is a job which carries very heavy responsibility. It is also a great honor. I don't think anybody in my position tonight could have anything but a feeling of great humility, partly because of the task that lies ahead and also because of the people who have held this post in the past. And of course I am thinking particularly of my immediate precedessor, Mr. Attlee. All I can say is that I only hope that I can discharge my responsibilities half as well as he [Attlee] did". | |
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