Smuts Gives A Million (1946)

Title reads: “Smuts gives a million“. Number 10, Downing Street, Whitehall, London. Field Marshall Jan Christian Smuts (aka General Smuts) handing a cheque for a million pounds to Prime Minister Clement Attlee as they are seated at a luncheon table. C/U of Attlee giving speech thanking Smuts. C/U of official letter and cheque. The money is a gift from South Africa to people of Britain. 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 British Pathé webs