Labour Crisis (1960)

Item title reads - Labour crisis. Nuclear issue dominates Labour Conference. Scarborough, North Yorkshire. L/S of Scarborough. Various shots as Bessie Braddock walks along the front with two other people. L/S crowds in front of church. Various shots of Mr Griffiths, the Archbishop of York, and his wife with Mr and Mrs Hugh Gaitskell. M/S’s Tony Greenwood. C/U Tom Driberg. C/U Jim Griffiths. Various shots of Anti-H Bomb demonstrators marching through Scarborough headed by Sidney Silverman, Ian Mikardo and Cannon Collins. C/U signpost to “Labour Party Conference“. Various shots of demonstrators with banners marching through main street in Scarborough. C/U banner “Labour must quit Nato close rocket bases stop making H. Bombs“. M/S of the demonstrators marching up along the promenade towards the Labour headquarters at the royal hotel. Various shots of them marching past hotel. M/S man carrying banner “Come off it Hugh“. C/U small child carrying large disc with the wording “I am six years old
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