Will It Be Ready In Time - Wembley (1924)

Wembley, London. Title: “WILL IT BE READY IN TIME for Opening Day? - Exhibition Workers return under Police protection after one day strike“. Various panning shots, taken from a high vantage point, looking over half constructed British Empire Exhibition site covered in scaffolding. Panning shot, from ground level, of Oriental pavilion covered in scaffolding. M/S of a row of policemen standing in front of a half-finished pagoda. M/S of the policemen walking through the building site. Intertitle: “Strike Leaders, ordered out of Exhibition Grounds, hold Meeting outside“. Panning shot of a crowd of striking workers in a suburban street, strike leaders address them from a raised platform. The story is then repeated without the titles. 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 Bri
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