Gov Meet A Shanklin I Of W (1949)

Unissued / unused material. Cabinet and Government meet at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, for Secret Conference. Selected scenes from newsreel story in Gazette issue 49/18. Date on old record is 03/03/1949. C/U name board on Shanklin railway station. M/S tradesman carrying brushes entering main gateway to the Manor House (where conference is taking place). He is stopped by policeman. M/S newspaper man carrying newspapers, he is let through gate by policeman. C/U Ian MacKay, Political Correspondent. C/U of Dr. Edith Summerskill. Side view of Aneurin Bevan (Nye Bevan), pan down to newspaper he is reading with headline “Socialists do it again“. C/U Leader of House Herbert Morrison & Harold Laski. L/S the Manor House. M/S detectives entering Manor House. M/S ducks on pond pan to Dr. Edith Summerskill feeding them, pan back to ducks. M/S Ministers in the grounds, including Morrison and Summerskill. M/S Morrison walking in grounds. M/S Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps entering gate