Full title reads: "Cabinet Ministers recalled to attend emergency meeting at 10 Downing Street".
Downing Street, Whitehall, London.
Ministers arrive for emergency meeting with Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
Various shots of Cabinet Ministers arriving on foot and by car outside No. 10. Narrator names each minister. We see Ramsay MacDonald (aka Ramsey McDonald), Lord Londonderry, Lord Hailsham (Lord Chancellor), Sir John Simon (Home Secretary). Arriving together we see Sir Samuel Hoare, Lord Irwin and Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister. We also see Walter Elliot and Sir Kingsley Wood (Minister of Health). Policemen usher back crowds.
Note: spacing between 01:01:05 and 01:01:11.
Note: Sir Anthony Eden is mentioned in the commentary but does not appear in item.
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