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  • Short Summary

    Ramsay MacDonald - working in study and posing on street.

  • Description

    Location of events unknown.

    First Labour Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald seated at desk, working with pipe / cigarette smoke curling around his head.

    CU MacDonald on street, he stands smiling at camera and then speaks.

    American cataloguer's note: MacDonald was elected in 1924 as head of the first Labour ministry in Britain's history, that lasted less than a year but he became Prime Minister again in 1929 and remained in that position until 1935. This film may be from 1929.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2430.20
    Media URN:
    76811
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    1920 - 1929
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:14:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:33:36:00 / 01:33:50:00
    Canister:
    ON 353 J (aka ON 353 K)

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