Late Earl Of Oxford & Asquith (1928)

Full titles read: “Late Earl of Oxford & Asquith - Britain mourns the loss of one of her most distinguished Statesmen and a scholarly gentleman.“ Paisley, Strathclyde. M/S of Lord Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford walking along a crowded street and coming close to the camera as he shakes hands with someone. (Title is repeated - possibly replacing a missing intertitle.) C/U of Lord Asquith talking to someone off camera. M/S of Asquith and two women (wife and daughter?) as they stand on the steps of a building, being pelted with flour bombs and brushing flour off their coats; the group then poses for the camera. This footage is probably from 1920, when Asquith won the Paisley By-election. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical
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