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Pathé's Animated Gazette: Mass Meeting of Suffragettes (1910)
 

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A large rally in Trafalgar Square to present the petition demanding votes for women at the 1910 general election. Placards show how many men of a particular constituency town have signed a petition for women's right to vote. A panning shot of the Square shows the crowds from a high vantage point.