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  • Short Summary

    On news of the death of Lord Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford, we look back at his 1920 By-election win in Paisley.

  • Description

    Full titles read: "Late Earl of Oxford & Asquith - Britain mourns the loss of one of her most distinguished Statesmen and a scholarly gentleman."

    Paisley, Strathclyde.

    M/S of Lord Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford walking along a crowded street and coming close to the camera as he shakes hands with someone. (Title is repeated - possibly replacing a missing intertitle.) C/U of Lord Asquith talking to someone off camera. M/S of Asquith and two women (wife and daughter?) as they stand on the steps of a building, being pelted with flour bombs and brushing flour off their coats; the group then poses for the camera. This footage is probably from 1920, when Asquith won the Paisley By-election.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    716.24
    Media URN:
    33703
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    16/02/1928
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:00:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:34:29:00 / 01:35:29:00
    Canister:
    G 1477

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