Repeating Groove / Ramsey MacDonald Striptease
(The pan continues. We come
across an old-fashioned grammaphone on which the record is sticking. A hand
comes in and lifts the needle off. The pan continues - it's the hand of the
announcer who is sitting at his desk.)
Announcer: (John) Sorry about
that. And now for something completely diff... (the film sticks and repeats the
end of the sentence several times) something completely diff... completely
diff... completely diff... completely diff... completely different.
It's Man: (Michael) It's...
(After about fifteen seconds
of the credits the music and animation sticks, and keeps repeating. We finally
get on to the right track, and complete the titles. Stock film of Ramsay
MacDonald arriving at Number 10 Downing Street and any others of that period.)
Voice Over: 1929. Stanley
Baldwin's Conservative Government is defeated and Ramsay MacDonald becomes, for
the second time, Prime Minister of England.
(MacDonald walks into an
empty room - black and white film).
Ramsay MacDonald: (Michael)
My, it's hot in here.
(He proceeds to take off his
clothes, strips down to black garter belt and suspenders and stocking.)