News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Daily Sketch Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

592-2

Date Released

1 Jan 1923

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. 'Roll on Thou Deep and Dark Blue Ocean Roll!'
• 2. The Great Gale
• 3. No Use for Lifts
• 4. Varsity Hockey on the Ice

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Mink De Ronda’s pleasant method of descending a New York skyscraper." He is seen in close-up at the top of the building and then, from a distance, descending by parachute.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Stunts

Length of story (in feet)

49

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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