Budget Day (1968)

No title. Budget Day, London. C/U Chancellor of Exchequer Roy Jenkins at desk. Various shots crowds in Downing Street waiting for budget news. Various shots press outside No. 11, one photographer has his camera on a pole. C/U door of No. 11. M/S Policemen watching over car. C/U ditto. C/U reporter. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins come out of No. 11 and pose for press photographers (Mr. Jenkins does not do traditional pose holding aloft red despatch case). Panning shot as they walk to car, pan to man with despatch case. L/S as car leaves Downing Street. Various shots crowd. L/S newspaper vans waiting in street. C/U sign on top of van: “Budget Latest“. L/S Big Ben with clock at . L/S Fleet Street. Various shots of Press Association newsroom: rows of reporters at typewriters or on the telephone. C/U girl typing. C/U man typing, he places his copy onto conveyor belt. L/S subeditors’ desk. C/U sub at work. M/S teleprinter operator. C/U tape coming from machine. M/S guests at hotel watching tape