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]