COMMON RALLY

A Socialist and Communist rally in London culminates in a deputation to Broadcasting House, attended by the poet Hugh McDiarmid. (clip)

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Title: COMMON RALLY

Reference number: 0543

Date: 1955c

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 2 mins

Description: Open air Socialist rally, Christopher Murray Grieve attends. [Film incomplete]. Possibly Langholm area.

Shotlist: No credits. Shots of Socialist rally in Hyde Park?, London. Speaker addresses the crowd. Shots of procession through streets. Christopher Murray Grieve [the poet known as Hugh MacDiarmid] arrives, deputation enters BBC Broadcasting House. Shots of the crowd outside (2.09) [Incomplete]