SLATE INFORMATION: News Reels Aid Allies Says Sir John Reith

ENGLAND: London: Grosvenor House:
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Gen. view intr. dinner.
Semi view Reith talking to Rose & Clarke.
CU Rose pan to Sir John Reith.
Semi view & CU Sir Kenneth Clarke.
CU Oscar Deutsch smoking cigar.
Gen. view Reith talks.
Long view Reith talking.
CU Reddin & pan to Rose.
CU Dickinson.
Semi view Reith talks.
Semi view & CU Harding filming dinner.
Back view & semi CU Reith speaking.

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Reith says that the Cinema Exhibitors in Scotland helped with evacuation, and that the ministry does not ask the Exhibitors to subordinate their organization or integrity to the Ministry. He then quotes a cable received from a Foreign Country praising the excellence of British reels sent there.

Good Scene.

Semi view Reith talking to Rose.

Personalities - Politicians; Cinematograph Exhibitors Association; Social Events; Media; John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith of Stonehaven (1889-1971), Self-Reference; Great Britain
Background: Sir John Reith, Minister of Information, guest at CEA annual dinner, praises war-efforts of newsreels.