Manchester Scenes (1945)

Unissued / Unused material. Manchester, Greater Manchester and London. Various shots as crowds of people walk along the road. L/S huge crowds gathered in front of Buckingham palace. Various shots of different people sat around a radio listening to Churchill’s speech, everyone smiles and shakes hands at the news of V.E. day. M/S of a man pretending to be drunk, he staggers up street waving Union Jack flag. Various shots as people celebrate the news in their homes. C/U drunk man’s feet as he staggers. 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 (1934-1959