Devaluation the Only Way Says Sir Stafford (1949)

Full title reads: Devaluation The Only Way says Sir Stafford. Heathrow Airport and London. Heathrow: LV Cripps plane taxiing in at London airport. CU Plane taxiing past camera. SV Pan gangway being pushed to plane. LV Cripps out of plane and down steps. SV Cripps down steps. LV Cripps at bottom of steps. LV Crowds and press round Cripps. SV Towards and pan Cripps walking to car. SV Pan Cripps car drives away. London: GV Mass of businessmen thronging Throgmorton St. SV Bank doors closed. Angle shot South African Bank doors shut. CU Nameplate. GV Whitehall. CU Sir Stafford Cripps. LV Cripps speaking at desk. CU Cripps speech. I want to impress upon you the seriousness of the step that we ve taken in changing the dollar rate of exchange of the pound sterling. This is a thing we can t do twice with any success. We can increase our sales of sterling goods in America and in Canada and so enable ourselves to buy the foodstuffs and the raw materials which we must have to maintain our living