LevelPiece
Ref NoLDG/1/1/100
Title"Programme for action calling Whitehall Control - something tells me my gravity calculations were wrong.."
Date2 August 1969
Extent1 cartoon
Creator NameGibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
DescriptionHarold Wilson and Barbara Castle sit at a control panel watching a screen streaming 'Live from Congress House'. On this screen, James Callaghan is shown holding onto the moon in full astronaut equipment. Attached to his back is a large container which reads 'Port Talbot, dockers and all'.

[The British Cartoon Archive notes relevant subjects including the moon landing, TUC, congress house, Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity, Secretary of State for the Home Department, strikes and the steel industry] (Source: The University of Kent, British Cartoon Archive)
Access StatusOpen
FormatDrawing
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