Mr Ramsay Macdonald Speaks To The Nation… 1931

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Full title reads: "Mr Ramsay MacDonald speaks to the Nation."

Shots of Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald speaking in garden. He is facing off camera. He talks about the forthcoming struggle, the British and World economic situations, he talks about the problems of the fluctuating exchange...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12751
Sort Number:
31/082
Time in/Out:
01:52:41:00 / 01:58:46:00
Canister:
31/82
Film ID:
869.32
Issue Date:
12/10/1931

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