Titles read: “NEW WAR CABINET“. London. Various shots of the new members of the War Cabinet. C/U of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, followed by shots of Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Secretary of State for the Dominions; former Lord Privy Seal is succeeded by Sir Stafford Cripps, also leader of the House of Commons; Sir John Anderson who is still Lord President of the Council; Anthony Eden remains as Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Oliver Lyttleton continues as Minister of State exercising general supervision over production; Ernest Bevin, who remains as Minister of Labour. Lord Beaverbrook is leaving the Cabinet to go to America; Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer (with Arthur Greenwood - unseen) retains Cabinet, but not War Cabinet rank. FILM ID:1318.2 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
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