Hugh Dalton Budget 1946 (1946)

Unissued, unused material. London. Various shots of Chancellor of the Exchequer, President of the Board of Trade Hugh Dalton giving speech from desk (natural sound). He speaks about recent budget which will provide cheaper goods for housewives, bigger pensions for old people, financial benefits for sporting associations by reducing entertainments tax. Budget also provides money for the purchase of rural beauty spots by government for public use. Speech is unedited: Dalton pauses occasionally, cameraman is heard shouting cut. Note: date given on old record is 14, 05, 1946. FILM 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 (19101932), Empire News