General Election (1945)

Full title reads: “GENERAL ELECTION Pathe Gazette has invited leading political spokesmen to give a brief statement of their parties’ policies. Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the views of this Newsreel“. The Parties Speak - No. 1. - Mr. Harry Pollitt - Secretary - The Communist Party“. Various shots of Mr Harry Pollitt, Secretary of the Communist Party, speaking on the coming election. He says (natural sound): “We Communists are fighting for a New Britain, where the Nation’s resources are used to satisfy the people’s needs. No one man or Party won the war in Europe, but the British people and their Allies. The Tories now rush a General Election on a register which deprives almost a million people, including servicemen, of their right to vote. We want a Government to organise speedy victory over Japan, security from war, and an unswerving alliance with the Soviet Union, to build homes for the people, give justice and equal gratuities to demobilised servicemen, to expand productio