| INTERVIEW WITH THE RT HON CLEMENT ATTLEE (aka ELECTION INTERVIEW NO 3. Clement Attlee speaks in advance of the 1950 General Election. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5678 |
| Catalog #: | 213242 | |
| Clip Number: | 213242-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 50/11 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:23 - 01:02:25 | |
| Location: | Wardour Street, London | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Misc GOVERNMENT: Constitutional Monarchy, Great Britain LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Politicians / Statesmen POLITICS: Political Party, British, Labour | |
| Description: | "The Newsreel Association having offered equal facilities to the three principal Political Parties, present in this issue of Pathe News an interview with The Rt. Hon Clement Attlee. CH MP." Wardour St. London. Clement Attlee MP, leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, speaks to the camera. "5 years of war inflicted great damage on our country. Valuable lives were lost. Much wealth was destroyed. Our trade was disrupted. Clearly there will be hardships and shortages of many things to be endured. To achieve recovery we require a great effort on the part of all the men and women of today. During the last 4 1/2 years a very fine effort has been made. Production in industry and agriculture has been greatly increased. The opportunity of working has been afforded to all and the vast majority has worked well. The inevitable hardships and shortages have as far as possible been shared but so far have the advantages. The great social security scheme has been applied to all and the result is seen that labour's policy has produced magnificent children and babies. Never have there been such fine babies and yet Mr. Churchill calls this 'sharing misery'. The question to be decided at this election is whether labour's policy of 'fair shares for all' is to continue or whether as under previous conservative governments, the benefits are to go to one section of the people and the misery to another. I ask you to help us to continue the work of recovery so well begun. | |
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