Shoreditch Trade Council Dinner (1947)

Unused / unissued material. Shoreditch Trade Council Dinner, London. M/S guests of honour arriving at dinner, Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Mrs Attlee, Herbert Morrison and Mrs Morrison. C/U Morrison and Mrs Attlee listening to speech (speaker off camera). M/S Clement Attlee standing to applause (black spacing follows, sound continues). M/S Attlee gives speech honouring two Shoreditch citizens: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Girling (sp.?) C/U Morrison smoking a pipe and rising to speak. He blows his nose first. C/U Morrison speaking (natural sound). He gives speech paying tribute to Bill Girling and his wife. He also reminisces about his youth working in Shoreditch, stuffing envelopes for election. C/U Morrison smoking listening to another speech. Date given on old records 11/07/1947. Note: for more shots of dinner, see record for UN 1837 A. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASS