Life's Work For Women Crowned 1930

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Item title reads - Life's work for women crowned. Mr Baldwin unveils statue of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the Militant Suffragettes in the very shadow of Parliament, and scene of many "battles" in "votes for women" campaign. London.

M/S as Stanley Baldwin stands on a platform making...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
18888
Sort Number:
G 1692
Time in/Out:
01:20:04:00 / 01:23:56:00
Canister:
G 1692
Film ID:
820.15
Issue Date:
10/03/1930

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  • The date of the unveiling was 6 March 1930.

    "M/S of a woman conducting enthusiastically" - that's Ethel Smyth.

    jamied 28th Sep 2012
  • "M/S of speakers in the middle of the crowd, it pans up to the church." - rather than a church this is actually the Victoria Tower of the Houses of Parliament.

    jamied 29th Sep 2012
  • "M/S of a woman conducting enthusiastically." - Ethel Smyth is conducting The Metropolitan Police Band....


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