Government Holds Gravesend After Close Fight (1947)

Gravesend, Kent. Labour wins the Gravesend by-election. CU Head and shoulders of Sir Richard Acland, the Labour candidate. MS He walks ashore from a ship in the docks. CU Election posters on walls. CU Head and shoulders of Frank H Taylor, the conservative candidate. MS Taylor shaking hands with constituents. MS Acland with a group of constituents. CU Another close up of Acland. 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 collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British P