Big Ben and other "Ben" alarm clocks are all namesakes of the 13½-ton bell in the clock tower of Britain's Houses of Parliament. The big bell was named "Ben" after Sir Benjamin Hall, in 1856 London's Commissioner of Works. Of all clock bells in the Empire none are more storied, more beloved. Therefore last week it seemed a splendid idea to take a movietone of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin listening, in his garden to "Big Ben" clang noon over the housetops.
As noon approached, good Squire Baldwin...
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