Petition To Hm The Queen (1937)

Title reads: “Petition to HM the Queen“. Newlyn, Cornwall. Various shots of quaint but ramshackle fishing village. We see people going about their daily business on steep, narrow streets between picturesque old cottages. There are some signs of poverty - broken roofs covered with tarpaulin etc. The authorities have decided to pull down the old cottages as part of a slum clearance scheme. In response the women of Newlyn have sent a petition to Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mother) asking her to save their picturesque village from demolition. 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-