Clement Attlee Speaking AKA Attlee Speech ’victory Over Scarcity’ (1940)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. 1948? MS Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, speaking to camera “... numbers of women took on jobs in industry. Because many who had reached the retiring age stayed on to help the country. Because all of us, in factories, in offices, on the farms, in the homes, in the mines, worked perhaps as we’d never worked before. CU Clement Attlee: “We can all join together now, on one more great effort - this time for victory over scarcity.“ (Nat. sound). 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
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