Accession Number

B24

Series Title

[UNKNOWN]

Programme Title

HUGH SCANLON

Producer

[Unknown]

Other Credits

[Unknown]

Transmission Date

08/06/72

colour , sound, 14 mins 05 secs

Synopsis

B24/1: Extract from a programme about Trade Union leader and Britain's Chief Engineer Hugh Scanlon (1913-2004). Includes details about Scanlon's childhood in Manchester, his job at the Metro-Vickers engineering plant at Trafford Park and his active membership of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU). He is shown speaking at union meetings, at a AEU social evening and being interviewed about his career. Scanlon's mother is interviewed about his ambitious nature, various male politicians and industrialists, including Lord Stokes, give their opinions of him and his wife speaks about her tolerance of his career. 14m05s