Prime Minister Opens Huge Motor Plant Aka Mr Menzies Opens Hugh Motor Plant (1940)

Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown. Title reads: “Sydney. Prime Minister Opens Huge Motor Plant“. Pagewood, Sydney, Australia. Exterior shot of new General Motors car factory. Various shots of Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies as he tours the new Holden Motor Plant with the manager. For parts of the tour they are driven around the factory in a car. Mr Menzies performs the opening ceremony. He makes a speech about how the country with the strongest economy will win the war. He presses a button which starts production at the factory and receives a round of applause. 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), E