LONDON: SUFFRAGETTE'S ANNIVERSARY:
( NOTE - commentary says group of Suffragettes meeting by the statue of Emmeline Pankhurst to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of their movement (WSPU)
STORY INCLUDES : - close up of Lillan Lenton (dark hair and dark hat) wearing Women Social and Politcal Union (WSPU) suffragette medals " for valour " for imprisonment/ statue of Emmeline Pankhurst
/ STILL of Mrs Pankhurst arrested / chains used by suffragettes / Mr Arthur Barrett showing camera concealed in top hat used to photograph suffragettes in Court/ STILL of Christabel Pankhurst in court /
STILL of Mrs Pankhurst outside Caxton Hall / 1955 old suffragettes outside Caxton Hall/ Miss Mary Richardson showing suffragette medals to policeman /
FILE of Emily Davidson throwing herself on to race track at 1913 Derby - - old suffragettes standing by Pankhurst statue - : Lillian Lenton and Miss March on the right in 1955
(Note - the WSPU was founded 1903 but 1905 WSPU persuaded a mp to introduce women's suffrage bill into parliament which failed causing "suffragette" campaign of demonstrations and then later militancy )
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Short Summary
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- Film ID:
- VLVAEL8IG7GLZMSLBSWHMSKE238IG
- Media URN:
- VLVAEL8IG7GLZMSLBSWHMSKE238IG
- Group:
- Reuters - Gaumont British Newsreel
- Archive:
- Reuters
- Issue Date:
- 10/02/1955
- Sound:
- Unknown
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:16:00
- Time in/Out:
- /
- Canister:
- N/A
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