Herbert Morrison Speaks On Citizens Army (1941)

Unused / unissued material - VS Minister for Home Security, Mr Herbert Morrison, seated at desk making speech. He praises volunteer Civil Defence workers. He states the conditions on which compulsion will be applied to fire fighting and fire watching. This is part of the Citizens’ Army proposals. He says they we must win the battle on the Home Front. (Comb. Lav.) Old record suggests date as 18/01/1941. FILM ID:1637.2 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