England’s First Prohibitionist M.P. (1923)

Item title reads - England’s first Prohibitionist M.P.? Mr S. M. Holden opens his Campaign in Whitechapel - his audiences have their own ideas as to how “to put down the drink“. London. M/S of Mr S.M. Holden standing with three men and a woman. He touches his hat and holds his finger up before addressing the audience. M/S of him in a car surrounded by others, one man lifts his tankard. A man comes in with what looks like a snake or eel and waves it at the audience. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT 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 1