Ernest Bevin And Sir Stafford Cripps Leave For Washington Dollar Talks (1949)

Southampton. CU. Name - ’Mauretania’ on side of ship. MS. Sir Stafford Cripps at entrance to ship’s gangway. MS. Ernest Bevin Foreign Secretary and advisers walking onto quay. Bevin waves to dock workers. MS. Dispatch cases being wheeled onto quay. CU. Pan along side of ship. MS. Seagulls perched on ship’s ropes. MS. Bevin, Cripps and others walking through chairs on deck LS. Elevated battery of cameras facing Bevin and Cripps. MS. and SCU. The ’Mauretania’. MS. LMS. The ’Mauretania’ moving out into the harbour. MS. Bevin walking up to take his place before mikes. SCU. Bevin and Cripps before mikes. Bevin speaks. “We are about to proceed to the United States of America to meet both our Canadian and American friends on probably one of the most important missions in history. Ever since the close of the war, we have been striving, with them, to build up a sound, world peace, and however much we may achieve success in political understanding and in devising methods and treaties to achieve that end, unless we