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LDVideo | Election archive special… the 1960-70s

By Stephen Tall | Sat 20th August 2011 - 6:15 pm

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It’s Saturday night, but forget the X-Factor… Enjoy instead some classic election clips from the archives…

Jo Grimond campaigns in the 1966 general election

(Available on YouTube here.)

Election Campaign, Feb. 1974 (including a rare clip of Jeremy Thorpe at 2:20).

(Available on YouTube here.)

Liberal Party Feb ’74 election broadcast

(Available on YouTube here.)

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3 Comments

Harry Hayfield 20th Aug '11 - 7:52pm

I happen to have every election the BBC has shown since 1955 and would be more than happy to generate a DVD showing all the references to the Liberals (Liberal candidates, Liberal wins and Liberal discussions) however I would have to ask for a contribution towards the cost of postage
Nigel Ashton 21st Aug '11 - 11:29am

Re the second clip – whatever happened to Hester Smallbone?
Geoffrey Payne 21st Aug '11 - 10:48pm

I would love to see his “Sound of Gunfire” speech, but it is not on YouTube for some reason.

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