Ramsay Macdonald (1920-1929)

Location of events unknown. First Labour Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald seated at desk, working with pipe / cigarette smoke curling around his head. CU MacDonald on street, he stands smiling at camera and then speaks. American cataloguer's note: MacDonald was elected in 1924 as head of the first Labour ministry in Britain's history, that lasted less than a year but he became Prime Minister again in 1929 and remained in that position until 1935. This film may be from 1929. FILM ID:2430.2 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 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), as well as Vis