News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

102

Date Released

18 May 1931

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Air Records Broken: Pilots Talk to Movietone
• 2. President-Elect of France Poses
• 3. Boy Gunman Caught in New York City
• 4. Girl Billiards Champion
• 5. New LCC Chairman - Mr Ernest Sanger, JP
• 6. Vienna Fashions
• 7. Landing Operation on Baltic Coast
• 8. Czech May-Day Fete
• 9. Londos Wins after Gruelling Fight
• 10. What’ll Happen If the Lift Goes Wrong?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Boy Gunman Caught in New York City. DESCRIPTION: Spectacular siege ends in capture of 20-years-old Shorty Crowley, 2-gun slayer of policemen. SHOTLIST: Shots of the police cars and crowds in the streets. Bombs are thrown into the window. Shot of the boy being NoSled into an ambulance. A girl is also dragged into the picture, by the police. Crowd shot.

Keywords

Vehicles; Weapons; Crime; Youth

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1205

Length of story (in feet)

86

Story extras:

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