General Election Night (1924)

London. Title: “GENERAL ELECTION NIGHT. Thousands throng Trafalgar Square to cheer or boo as results were flashed out“. M/S of men operating gigantic spot lights. Panning shot of a crowd, although it is night they are illuminated by the spot lights, there is a party mood as people cheer and let off party poppers. L/S of a sign on the side of a building reading, ’Daily Express’, above it is a high-tech electric light sign with the words - ’THE LATEST STATE OF PARTIES IS MR. BALDWIN 164, MR. MACDONALD 78, MR ASQUITH 23’. M/S of the crowd cheering. Top shot of double-decker buses driving through the thronging crowds. L/S of the electronic signs - ’BIRMINGHAM LADYWOOD NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN CONS 13374 NO CHANGE’. M/S of buses and cars trying to drive through the crowds, a person cheers from the top deck of a bus. Title: as above. The first sequence of shots of repeated Intertitle: “BUCKINGHAM PALACE, LONDON. The BIG CHANGE OVER. Large crowds see new Cabinet Ministers leave with Se