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Clement Attlee
Properly entitled 'The improbable Mr Attlee', this film by Professor David Reynolds examines the career and premiership of Clement Attlee, the Labour prime minister of Britain from 1945 to 1951. It charts the attempt to introduce large-scale socialism into post-war Britain, and it will be of value to students of the politics and the period. See also 'The 1945 UK General Election', also on this channel. Uploaded for educational purposes only. Any advertising that appears is unbidden.
published: 03 Jan 2014
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Jewish former child refugee on being looked after by Clement Attlee
Paul Willer, 90, has revealed that when he was 10 he stayed with Clement Attlee and his family for four months until the beginning of the second world war. Attlee, then leader of the opposition, sponsored a Jewish mother and her two children, helping them to leave Germany in 1939 and move to the UK, and he invited one of the children – Willer – into his home. The Labour party politician neither publicised nor sought to make political capital from his visitor. The interview was conducted for the Refugee Voices Testimony Archive of the Association of Jewish Refugees
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published: 22 Nov 2018
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Clement Attlee asks the public to help renew Britain (1946)
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Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) appeals to the British people to help restore Britain
Full Description:
SLATE INFORMATION: Pull Together for Prosperity, The Prime Minister Calls on Everyone to Work Hard for Peacetime Britain
UNKNOWN:
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ATTLEE Mr. Mr Attlee's speech "Pull together for Prosperity"
Personalities - Politicians; Post War
peace, destruction, ruins, smoke stack, factory, ship, ships, cargo
Background: Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) appeals to the British people to help restore Britain
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published: 13 Nov 2020
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The King Receives Mr. Attlee (1945)
Full title reads: "THE KING RECEIVES MR. ATTLEE".
Buckingham Palace, London.
Various shots of the King George VI and new Prime Minister Clement Attlee posing together.
(Mute & Track Negs.)
FILM ID:1161.02
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published: 13 Apr 2014
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Attlee's Election Speech
(25 Jun 1945) The Labour leader gives a pre-Election address to Movietone.
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published: 21 Jul 2015
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Interview With The Rt Hon Clement Attlee Aka Election Interview No 3 (1950)
Full title reads: "The Newsreel Association having offered equal facilities to the three principal Political Parties, present in this issue of Pathe News an interview with The Rt. Hon Clement Attlee. CH MP."
Pathe Studios, Wardour St. London.
Clement Attlee MP, leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister speaks to the camera.
"5 years of war inflicted great damage on our country. Valuable lives were lost. Much wealth was destroyed. Our trade was disrupted. Clearly there will be hardships and shortages of many things to be endured. To achieve recovery we require a great effort on the part of all the men and women of Britain ....."
He talks about fair shares for all and the new social security scheme. He attacks Churchill and the Conservative.
... I ask you to help us to co...
published: 13 Apr 2014
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Earl Attlee's Remains Interred Aka Service Of Memorial And Burial For Earl Attlee (1967)
No title. Earl Attlee's remains interred - memorial and burial service, Westminster, London.
C/U stained glass window, zoom out to show interior Westminster Abbey. Various shots of congregation. C/U crucifix. Funeral procession starts to come down centre of naive. M/S congregation singing. L/S procession coming down aisle, zoom in to the Clerk of Works carrying casket containing Lord Attlee's (Clement Attlee) ashes. C/U pan Clerk of Works carrying the casket, Lord Attlee's family following down the aisle. C/U two priests.
L/S as Lord Attlee's batman / butler Charles Griffiths places cushion of medals alongside open hole in abbey floor. Side view Attlee's family watching. Slow zoom in to the Clerk of Works placing the casket in the open shallow grave. M/S Lord Attlee's brot...
published: 13 Apr 2014
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Anthony Howard - Clement Attlee: the greatest Prime Minister of 20th century (20/41)
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The prominent British political observer, Anthony Howard (1934-2010) reported on global political issues for over 40 years for 'The Guardian', 'The Sunday Times' and 'The Observer', and was editor of the 'New Statesman' and 'The Listener'. He received a CBE in 1997. [Listener: Christopher Sykes; date recorded: 2008]
TRANSCRIPT: To be a successful politician, it’s very difficult to say what you need. I mean, I think there’s no point in being a politician if you are not able to perform. I.e., if you’re hopeless as a speaker, forget about being a politician. If you are no good as a debater, forget about it. If you have complete kind of nondescript quali...
published: 22 May 2018
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British Prime Ministers from Attlee to Blair - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
A lecture to mark the publication of Vernon Bogdanor's book based on the series of lectures delivered at Gresham College during 2006 and 2007, 'Leadership and Change: Prime Ministers in the Post-War World'.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/british-prime-ministers-from-attlee-to-blair
Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/
published: 10 Aug 2011
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Prime Minister Attlee's Speech On The End Of The War (1945)
Mute neg of Mr Attlee's speech is missing from the previous story PEACE ON EARTH in Pathe Gazette 45/67. This is combined print of the missing sequence.
Close up shot of the Britain's Prime Minister Mr Clement Attlee speaking on the end of the war: "Japan has today surrendered. The last of our enemy is laid low. Peace has once again come to the world. Let us thank God for this great deliverance and his mercies. Long Live the King".
FILM ID:1161.23
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published: 13 Apr 2014
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Clement Attlee
Properly entitled 'The improbable Mr Attlee', this film by Professor David Reynolds examines the career and premiership of Clement Attlee, the Labour prime mini...
Properly entitled 'The improbable Mr Attlee', this film by Professor David Reynolds examines the career and premiership of Clement Attlee, the Labour prime minister of Britain from 1945 to 1951. It charts the attempt to introduce large-scale socialism into post-war Britain, and it will be of value to students of the politics and the period. See also 'The 1945 UK General Election', also on this channel. Uploaded for educational purposes only. Any advertising that appears is unbidden.
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Properly entitled 'The improbable Mr Attlee', this film by Professor David Reynolds examines the career and premiership of Clement Attlee, the Labour prime minister of Britain from 1945 to 1951. It charts the attempt to introduce large-scale socialism into post-war Britain, and it will be of value to students of the politics and the period. See also 'The 1945 UK General Election', also on this channel. Uploaded for educational purposes only. Any advertising that appears is unbidden.
- published: 03 Jan 2014
- views: 314627
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Jewish former child refugee on being looked after by Clement Attlee
Paul Willer, 90, has revealed that when he was 10 he stayed with Clement Attlee and his family for four months until the beginning of the second world war. Attl...
Paul Willer, 90, has revealed that when he was 10 he stayed with Clement Attlee and his family for four months until the beginning of the second world war. Attlee, then leader of the opposition, sponsored a Jewish mother and her two children, helping them to leave Germany in 1939 and move to the UK, and he invited one of the children – Willer – into his home. The Labour party politician neither publicised nor sought to make political capital from his visitor. The interview was conducted for the Refugee Voices Testimony Archive of the Association of Jewish Refugees
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Paul Willer, 90, has revealed that when he was 10 he stayed with Clement Attlee and his family for four months until the beginning of the second world war. Attlee, then leader of the opposition, sponsored a Jewish mother and her two children, helping them to leave Germany in 1939 and move to the UK, and he invited one of the children – Willer – into his home. The Labour party politician neither publicised nor sought to make political capital from his visitor. The interview was conducted for the Refugee Voices Testimony Archive of the Association of Jewish Refugees
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- published: 22 Nov 2018
- views: 9696
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Clement Attlee asks the public to help renew Britain (1946)
GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) appeals to the British people to help restore Britain
Full Description:
SLATE INFORMATION: Pull Together for Prosperity, The Prime Minister Calls on Everyone to Work Hard for Peacetime Britain
UNKNOWN:
INT
ATTLEE Mr. Mr Attlee's speech "Pull together for Prosperity"
Personalities - Politicians; Post War
peace, destruction, ruins, smoke stack, factory, ship, ships, cargo
Background: Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) appeals to the British people to help restore Britain
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Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) appeals to the British people to help restore Britain
Full Description:
SLATE INFORMATION: Pull Together for Prosperity, The Prime Minister Calls on Everyone to Work Hard for Peacetime Britain
UNKNOWN:
INT
ATTLEE Mr. Mr Attlee's speech "Pull together for Prosperity"
Personalities - Politicians; Post War
peace, destruction, ruins, smoke stack, factory, ship, ships, cargo
Background: Clement Attlee (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) appeals to the British people to help restore Britain
FILM ID: VLVADI6UX7MPCCRL1U0VFP7GV11UA
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- published: 13 Nov 2020
- views: 18826
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The King Receives Mr. Attlee (1945)
Full title reads: "THE KING RECEIVES MR. ATTLEE".
Buckingham Palace, London.
Various shots of the King George VI and new Prime Minister Clement Attlee po...
Full title reads: "THE KING RECEIVES MR. ATTLEE".
Buckingham Palace, London.
Various shots of the King George VI and new Prime Minister Clement Attlee posing together.
(Mute & Track Negs.)
FILM ID:1161.02
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Full title reads: "THE KING RECEIVES MR. ATTLEE".
Buckingham Palace, London.
Various shots of the King George VI and new Prime Minister Clement Attlee posing together.
(Mute & Track Negs.)
FILM ID:1161.02
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
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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. https://www.britishpathe.com/
- published: 13 Apr 2014
- views: 6774
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Attlee's Election Speech
(25 Jun 1945) The Labour leader gives a pre-Election address to Movietone.
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(25 Jun 1945) The Labour leader gives a pre-Election address to Movietone.
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(25 Jun 1945) The Labour leader gives a pre-Election address to Movietone.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
- views: 42005
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Interview With The Rt Hon Clement Attlee Aka Election Interview No 3 (1950)
Full title reads: "The Newsreel Association having offered equal facilities to the three principal Political Parties, present in this issue of Pathe News an int...
Full title reads: "The Newsreel Association having offered equal facilities to the three principal Political Parties, present in this issue of Pathe News an interview with The Rt. Hon Clement Attlee. CH MP."
Pathe Studios, Wardour St. London.
Clement Attlee MP, leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister speaks to the camera.
"5 years of war inflicted great damage on our country. Valuable lives were lost. Much wealth was destroyed. Our trade was disrupted. Clearly there will be hardships and shortages of many things to be endured. To achieve recovery we require a great effort on the part of all the men and women of Britain ....."
He talks about fair shares for all and the new social security scheme. He attacks Churchill and the Conservative.
... I ask you to help us to continue the work of recovery so well begun."
Selected Originals exist for this item - see other records.
FILM ID:1452.05
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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. https://www.britishpathe.com/
https://wn.com/Interview_With_The_Rt_Hon_Clement_Attlee_Aka_Election_Interview_No_3_(1950)
Full title reads: "The Newsreel Association having offered equal facilities to the three principal Political Parties, present in this issue of Pathe News an interview with The Rt. Hon Clement Attlee. CH MP."
Pathe Studios, Wardour St. London.
Clement Attlee MP, leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister speaks to the camera.
"5 years of war inflicted great damage on our country. Valuable lives were lost. Much wealth was destroyed. Our trade was disrupted. Clearly there will be hardships and shortages of many things to be endured. To achieve recovery we require a great effort on the part of all the men and women of Britain ....."
He talks about fair shares for all and the new social security scheme. He attacks Churchill and the Conservative.
... I ask you to help us to continue the work of recovery so well begun."
Selected Originals exist for this item - see other records.
FILM ID:1452.05
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
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. https://www.britishpathe.com/
- published: 13 Apr 2014
- views: 49681
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Earl Attlee's Remains Interred Aka Service Of Memorial And Burial For Earl Attlee (1967)
No title. Earl Attlee's remains interred - memorial and burial service, Westminster, London.
C/U stained glass window, zoom out to show interior Westminster...
No title. Earl Attlee's remains interred - memorial and burial service, Westminster, London.
C/U stained glass window, zoom out to show interior Westminster Abbey. Various shots of congregation. C/U crucifix. Funeral procession starts to come down centre of naive. M/S congregation singing. L/S procession coming down aisle, zoom in to the Clerk of Works carrying casket containing Lord Attlee's (Clement Attlee) ashes. C/U pan Clerk of Works carrying the casket, Lord Attlee's family following down the aisle. C/U two priests.
L/S as Lord Attlee's batman / butler Charles Griffiths places cushion of medals alongside open hole in abbey floor. Side view Attlee's family watching. Slow zoom in to the Clerk of Works placing the casket in the open shallow grave. M/S Lord Attlee's brother with bowed head. L/S as Lord Attlee's granddaughter walks forward and places large bouquet down beside the open grave, she walks back and joins other members of the family. C/U of casket being place in grave / hole.
Back view of the Duke of Kent paying homage. Panning shot Prime Minister Harold Wilson as he walks to pay homage. He stops by the grave and then walks on. Panning C/U as Lady Churchill walks past. L/S as people walk past the open grave to pay homage. C/U flowers and medals round the open grave.
FILM ID:2045.29
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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. https://www.britishpathe.com/
https://wn.com/Earl_Attlee's_Remains_Interred_Aka_Service_Of_Memorial_And_Burial_For_Earl_Attlee_(1967)
No title. Earl Attlee's remains interred - memorial and burial service, Westminster, London.
C/U stained glass window, zoom out to show interior Westminster Abbey. Various shots of congregation. C/U crucifix. Funeral procession starts to come down centre of naive. M/S congregation singing. L/S procession coming down aisle, zoom in to the Clerk of Works carrying casket containing Lord Attlee's (Clement Attlee) ashes. C/U pan Clerk of Works carrying the casket, Lord Attlee's family following down the aisle. C/U two priests.
L/S as Lord Attlee's batman / butler Charles Griffiths places cushion of medals alongside open hole in abbey floor. Side view Attlee's family watching. Slow zoom in to the Clerk of Works placing the casket in the open shallow grave. M/S Lord Attlee's brother with bowed head. L/S as Lord Attlee's granddaughter walks forward and places large bouquet down beside the open grave, she walks back and joins other members of the family. C/U of casket being place in grave / hole.
Back view of the Duke of Kent paying homage. Panning shot Prime Minister Harold Wilson as he walks to pay homage. He stops by the grave and then walks on. Panning C/U as Lady Churchill walks past. L/S as people walk past the open grave to pay homage. C/U flowers and medals round the open grave.
FILM ID:2045.29
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
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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. https://www.britishpathe.com/
- published: 13 Apr 2014
- views: 7325
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Anthony Howard - Clement Attlee: the greatest Prime Minister of 20th century (20/41)
To listen to more of Anthony Howard’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFzrgFtLWXPSiTF0iJIY782I
The prominent Briti...
To listen to more of Anthony Howard’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFzrgFtLWXPSiTF0iJIY782I
The prominent British political observer, Anthony Howard (1934-2010) reported on global political issues for over 40 years for 'The Guardian', 'The Sunday Times' and 'The Observer', and was editor of the 'New Statesman' and 'The Listener'. He received a CBE in 1997. [Listener: Christopher Sykes; date recorded: 2008]
TRANSCRIPT: To be a successful politician, it’s very difficult to say what you need. I mean, I think there’s no point in being a politician if you are not able to perform. I.e., if you’re hopeless as a speaker, forget about being a politician. If you are no good as a debater, forget about it. If you have complete kind of nondescript qualities, forget about it. I’ve said all that, and what do I now have to say?
Who was the greatest Prime Minister of the 20th century? Clement Attlee. Attlee had no kind of, sort of, you know, messianic qualities about him at all. He was a very poor speaker, he sounded as if he was sort of like a country bank manager, he couldn’t… he had no sense of command. I remember him coming to the Oxford Union once, and he made a long speech and the last words of it were, 'All men are brothers'. And he sat down. And it was hopeless, hopeless. His wife had the sense to go to the cinema while he was speaking, and only joined up with him afterwards. He was a very, very poor speaker. Yet, there he was. And in the politicians’ trade union, he is very highly regarded. People like Harold Macmillan thought he was a wonderful Prime Minister. And I think he was very good at being Prime Minister.
When the day he was elected… I may have told this story already, but Dalton wrote in his diary that night, 'And a little mouse shall lead them'. And the little mouse did lead them, and a very effective mouse he became.
So having said that, I mean I think I’m broadly right, but you have to make exceptions. Now how much is politics a performing art? I think probably I incline to overrate the performing side of it, but it seems to me to be a successful politician, you’ve got to be a bit of an actor. You’ve got to be able to lay on a performance. Now other people would say, no, no, what matters is intellectual firepower, and I think that does matter. You’ve got to be able to understand what’s going on, particularly in this day and age. You know, if you’re Minister of Defence or if you’re Chancellor of the Exchequer, you’ve got to understand what all these things are about, and they’re quite complicated. So intellectual firepower does come into it. But I think more important, myself, because there have been a lot of politicians with very little brain, but quite successful public careers behind them, and a lot of politicians with very big brains who’ve gone nowhere. Keith Joseph, poor old Keith Joseph, you know, great intellectual, but no good as a politician, in my view. Dick Crossman, to some extent, a very formidable intellect, but a failed politician, really.
So I don’t think intellect is as important, myself, as showmanship, as I might call it rudely. I think that’s all important, and of course if you want to go into public life, you must be a bit of an extrovert. It really won’t do if you’re shy and diffident and, you know, backing away from the limelight. None of that stuff will work if you want to go and be a public figure. So I’m amazed at the number of politicians there are who seem to me ill-equipped by nature for the trade they’ve chosen. And sometimes, they don’t do all that badly. But, you know, the really successful politicians, it seems to me, whether you choose Lloyd George or whether you choose Michael Heseltine or whether you choose Joseph Chamberlain, they’ve all been a bit of a showman, really, and that is an adequate, or an integral, part of the equipment of the successful politician.
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The prominent British political observer, Anthony Howard (1934-2010) reported on global political issues for over 40 years for 'The Guardian', 'The Sunday Times' and 'The Observer', and was editor of the 'New Statesman' and 'The Listener'. He received a CBE in 1997. [Listener: Christopher Sykes; date recorded: 2008]
TRANSCRIPT: To be a successful politician, it’s very difficult to say what you need. I mean, I think there’s no point in being a politician if you are not able to perform. I.e., if you’re hopeless as a speaker, forget about being a politician. If you are no good as a debater, forget about it. If you have complete kind of nondescript qualities, forget about it. I’ve said all that, and what do I now have to say?
Who was the greatest Prime Minister of the 20th century? Clement Attlee. Attlee had no kind of, sort of, you know, messianic qualities about him at all. He was a very poor speaker, he sounded as if he was sort of like a country bank manager, he couldn’t… he had no sense of command. I remember him coming to the Oxford Union once, and he made a long speech and the last words of it were, 'All men are brothers'. And he sat down. And it was hopeless, hopeless. His wife had the sense to go to the cinema while he was speaking, and only joined up with him afterwards. He was a very, very poor speaker. Yet, there he was. And in the politicians’ trade union, he is very highly regarded. People like Harold Macmillan thought he was a wonderful Prime Minister. And I think he was very good at being Prime Minister.
When the day he was elected… I may have told this story already, but Dalton wrote in his diary that night, 'And a little mouse shall lead them'. And the little mouse did lead them, and a very effective mouse he became.
So having said that, I mean I think I’m broadly right, but you have to make exceptions. Now how much is politics a performing art? I think probably I incline to overrate the performing side of it, but it seems to me to be a successful politician, you’ve got to be a bit of an actor. You’ve got to be able to lay on a performance. Now other people would say, no, no, what matters is intellectual firepower, and I think that does matter. You’ve got to be able to understand what’s going on, particularly in this day and age. You know, if you’re Minister of Defence or if you’re Chancellor of the Exchequer, you’ve got to understand what all these things are about, and they’re quite complicated. So intellectual firepower does come into it. But I think more important, myself, because there have been a lot of politicians with very little brain, but quite successful public careers behind them, and a lot of politicians with very big brains who’ve gone nowhere. Keith Joseph, poor old Keith Joseph, you know, great intellectual, but no good as a politician, in my view. Dick Crossman, to some extent, a very formidable intellect, but a failed politician, really.
So I don’t think intellect is as important, myself, as showmanship, as I might call it rudely. I think that’s all important, and of course if you want to go into public life, you must be a bit of an extrovert. It really won’t do if you’re shy and diffident and, you know, backing away from the limelight. None of that stuff will work if you want to go and be a public figure. So I’m amazed at the number of politicians there are who seem to me ill-equipped by nature for the trade they’ve chosen. And sometimes, they don’t do all that badly. But, you know, the really successful politicians, it seems to me, whether you choose Lloyd George or whether you choose Michael Heseltine or whether you choose Joseph Chamberlain, they’ve all been a bit of a showman, really, and that is an adequate, or an integral, part of the equipment of the successful politician.
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- published: 22 May 2018
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British Prime Ministers from Attlee to Blair - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
A lecture to mark the publication of Vernon Bogdanor's book based on the series of lectures delivered at Gresham College during 2006 and 2007, 'Leadership and C...
A lecture to mark the publication of Vernon Bogdanor's book based on the series of lectures delivered at Gresham College during 2006 and 2007, 'Leadership and Change: Prime Ministers in the Post-War World'.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
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A lecture to mark the publication of Vernon Bogdanor's book based on the series of lectures delivered at Gresham College during 2006 and 2007, 'Leadership and Change: Prime Ministers in the Post-War World'.
The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/british-prime-ministers-from-attlee-to-blair
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- published: 10 Aug 2011
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Prime Minister Attlee's Speech On The End Of The War (1945)
Mute neg of Mr Attlee's speech is missing from the previous story PEACE ON EARTH in Pathe Gazette 45/67. This is combined print of the missing sequence.
Clo...
Mute neg of Mr Attlee's speech is missing from the previous story PEACE ON EARTH in Pathe Gazette 45/67. This is combined print of the missing sequence.
Close up shot of the Britain's Prime Minister Mr Clement Attlee speaking on the end of the war: "Japan has today surrendered. The last of our enemy is laid low. Peace has once again come to the world. Let us thank God for this great deliverance and his mercies. Long Live the King".
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Mute neg of Mr Attlee's speech is missing from the previous story PEACE ON EARTH in Pathe Gazette 45/67. This is combined print of the missing sequence.
Close up shot of the Britain's Prime Minister Mr Clement Attlee speaking on the end of the war: "Japan has today surrendered. The last of our enemy is laid low. Peace has once again come to the world. Let us thank God for this great deliverance and his mercies. Long Live the King".
FILM ID:1161.23
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/
FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
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. https://www.britishpathe.com/
- published: 13 Apr 2014
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