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Members of the new National Government in the Garden of 10 Downing Street London. They Include Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin, Philip Snowden, Sir Herbert Samuel, 1931. 'In Downing Street and other political circles, restlessness called for a demand for concerted action. The Socialist administration fell, to be followed by a ministry of all the talents - a coalition. They called it a national government, though whether it was more national than any other was a matter for discussion'. From "Time To Remember - A New Era", 1931 (Reel 1); documentary about the world in the early 1930s.