First Labour Government (1924)

London. Title: “1910 - 1931. Labour took up reins of office for the first time“. First pictures of Labour Party taken on terrace of House of Commons, includes Ramsay MacDonald, Sidney Webb, Col. Wedgewood, Miss Margaret Bondfield and Miss Dorothea Jewson. Panning shot follows a car - containing Ramsay MacDonald? - coming out of the gates to Buckingham Palace. L/S of the car driving past crowds gathered outside the Palace. Panning shot along all the Labour , they appear to be posing for a group photograph. C/U of MacDonald smiling and talking. Panning shots along the crowds outside Buckingham Palace. C/U of the new Prime Minister being ushered into a car, a crowd of supporters gather around it. More shots of the Prime Minister’s car leaving the Palace. More group shots of the Labour . Note: the title may have been added later for use of the material in another Pathe Newsreel, hence the date - 1931. AH 2000. Note: there is another version of this story in G 1054 - LABOUR GOVERNMENT. Alternative spelling for search purposes - Ramsey McDonald. FILM ID: 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 Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.