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The Fifties

on BBC One London

Robert Robinson looks back on the events of October 1951 when the Conservatives won the General Election and were returned to power with a majority of eighteen.
The Rt. Hon. Selwyn Lloyd, Q.C., M.P., who was Minister of State at the Foreign Office in the new government, recalls the election, and there is an excerpt from one of the first party political broadcasts in which Leslie Mitchell interviewed Anthony Eden.
The programme also includes film about the introduction of zebra crossings and the closing ceremony of the Festival of Britain.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Guest:
The Rt. Hon. Selwyn Lloyd
Director:
Will Wyatt
Producer:
Iain Johnstone

BBC One London

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