THE GENERAL ELECTION - OSWALD MOSELEY - SOUND

(31 Dec 1931) LS of crowd standing outside factory listening to speaker. Sir Oswald Moseley stands on platform - he is introduced. Sound is a little poor. Moseley makes a speech. Camera moves across to show crowd. Closer view of Moseley as he speaks. His speech is animated and he does a lot of pointing. He says “we have had enough of the old men and they old ways.“ He speaks of the interests of the working class and of the interests of the unemployed. LS of factory - this looks like the industrial north. A woman shouts out something to Moseley. CU of a miner with face covered with coal dust - he stands next to a welldressed woman. CU of group of men - two of whom seem to be having a disagreement - sound is poor so difficult to make out. Questions are shouted from crowd. Difficult to hear Moseley’s answers. LS of men on steps of unidentified location. Mayor and unidentified political candidates are seen on steps. Women politician speaks - she is a representative for East Islington - could be Leah Manning. LS of group of policemen coming out of doorway - possibly East Islington Town Hall. LS of mayor and candidates coming out onto steps. LS of the closed doors of the Town Hall. Commentator gives two commentaries to cover whichever candidate has won - both candidates are women. Miss Cassick (sp?) and Leah Manning. Mayor reads votes to Speech: It is very good of you to turn out in such large numbers on a cold afternoon. We are now reaching the end of a great election fight, and that fight we have fought as I claim always to fight on reason, on principle, on argument and on fact. Can point to any single pledge that I have given and said that I broke it. -- Wages will go down and down until at least you have men in Parliament who will face up to the realities of the age in which we are placed today. Well my friends, we of the war generation, who followed the old men and followed the old parties ever since we came back in 1918. Who believed in them, who have been deceived by them like you have we say thyat at last we have had enough of the old men and the old ways and we are going to have a new movement for the new age in which we live. Whats the difference between any of the old leaders, I sk you just look at the events of the last few months, MacDonald and Baldwin, Tory and Labour leaders, they ? each other supported by the great parties of Toryism and Labourism and you were cheering them on some of you saying good old Mac and others go it Stanley. Fight it out for the interests of the working class --- and then aftger all the flapping and the crowing - and the two worlds fighting for all your cheering. Now the issues before you are this we of the new parties stand for a constructive policy in this country. The old parties, both Tory and Labour, have stood and stand for a - policy. I don’t ask you to judge it by what we say at election time anybody can stand before you and make promises to you at election time. Anyone can do that and by heavens they do it. But when they go back to Westminster and they’ve go you votes from you the same story is not told in Parliament which has been told down here in The Potteries. And I’ll tell you how kept my pledge. I was returned at the last election along with other Labour members pledged to a great programme to help the unemployed. I was given in that Government an office for dealing with Unemployment I produced a practical programme worked out in office to reconstruct industry and also to give to our people useful work, like useful schemes until they could be re-absorbed into their own industries. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: