ATV Today: 01.03.1976: Coventry North West By-Election

Summary

Reg Harcourt introduces the seven candidates in the Coventry North-West by-election; an election that could topple the overall majority of the present Labour Government.

Year:

1976

Duration:

0:05:12

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Views of Coventry city centre including the precinct. Features local factories including Chrysler, Jaguar, Alvis, Daimler and Dunlop. Library pictures of Chrysler mass meeting and Stoke redundancy queue. Footage of the various candidates canvassing for votes in the Coventry area: Geoffrey Robinson (Labour) meeting workers outside the Alfred Herbert plant; Jonathan Guinness (Conservative); Alan Leighton (Liberal); Andrew Fountaine (National Front); John Kingley-Read (National Party); William Dunmore (Logic Party); stills showing the final candidate: Tom Keen (Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain).


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