1970 General Election (1970)

Unissued / Unused material - Various shots of crowd in town score drawn up for a rally in the 1970 General Election. Some people have placards saying ’Bring Out Your Dead’. VS of a waving Harold Wilson as he comes out with his wife Mary. It appears that someone may have thrown something. Wilson steps forward to speak at the microphone. Shots of a band playing on the back of a lorry from the ’Jenkins for Putney’ campaign. Great shots of Labour Politician George Brown leading supporters in song. He then makes a speech for the Labour Party Candidate Howard G Jenkins. VS of Conservative Leader Edward (Ted) Heath speaking for a candidate called Stanbrook. Shots looking down an empty Whitehall towards Parliament. MS of empty Downing Street. GV Whitehall. CU street sign ’Downing Street’. LS of Palace of Westminster from across the River Thames. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSI
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