Australia’s £8,000,000 Gift (1949)

Full title reads: “Australia’s £8,000,000 Gift“. The Treasury, London. CU Mr. John Beasley, Australian High Commissioner, outside the Treasury. SV Pan Beasley walks into Treasury. Angle shot of Treasury. CU Cheque. SV Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Beasley. Beasley speaks. CU Cheque. CU Sir Stafford speaks. CU Shaking hands. CU Cripps smiling into camera. 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 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the