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Topical Budget 490-1: Downing Street in Buckinghamshire (1921)
 

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"Mr Lloyd George's first visit to the 'Chequers' given by Lord Lee as country residence to British Premiers for ever". A shot of the house; Lloyd George and his party come out of the house and walk across the lawn. "Lady Hamar Greenwood takes a snapshot". She photographs Lloyd George and Lord Reading. "India? A word with Lord Chief Justice Reading who - " (here Lloyd George and Lord Reading are seen talking to a third man) - "becomes Viceroy of India". A close-up of Lord Reading lighting a cigarette; there follows a shot of the party. "Miss Megan Lloyd George thinks it nicer than Downing Street". Megan Lloyd George talking to her father.