Conservatives In Conference 1950

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Conservatives in Conference, Blackpool in Lancashire.

GV Blackpool beach and tower. SV Angle shot Winter Garden pan down to people entering. SV People entering. LV crowded foyer. MV Lord Woolton, Anthony Eden and R.A. Butler. CU Pan Eden and Butler. CU Maxwell Fyfe. MV Walter Elliott and wife...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
48635
Sort Number:
50/083
Time in/Out:
01:00:18:00 / 01:01:27:00
Canister:
50/83
Film ID:
1492.01
Issue Date:
16/10/1950

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  • The Conference was held 12-14 October 1950.

    "Maxwell Fyfe" should read David Maxwell-Fyfe.

    "Walter Elliott" in text and tags should read Walter Elliot.

    jamied 24th Dec 2012

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