Australia Presents £8 Million Cheque (1949)

Unissued / Unused material. Australia presents Sir Stafford Cripps with £8 million cheque. Treasury, London. CU Mr Ron Beasley, Australian High Commissioner. Exterior view of the Treasury. LS cars driving past. CU the cheque showing signatures of Beasley and Chiffley. Cuts for 49/6. 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.