Developing The Empire

Series

Series Name
Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.
1443
Date Released
19 Jan 1925
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Summary
NfO synopsis: Sir George Plowman opens new railway line from Kokstad to Franklin in South Africa.
NfO Shotlist: SOUTH AFRICA 1. MAIN TITLE 2. TGV PAN Countryside 3. TITLE: THE CORNER MAN OF THE TROOP 4. SCU Boy Scouts 5. SCU Ragged black children 6. LV Men getting ready for ceremony, train in background 7. MV Man cuts tape 8. MV Woman breaks bottle against moving train 9. LV Crowd and train in station 10. GV PAN Crowd 11. TGV Train moving along line.
Keywords
Railways; Colonialism
Written sources
Newsfilm Online
Visnews Collection [BFI National Archive]   Video roll 29. Used for footage
Library number GR
8162
Length of story (in feet)
88
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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'Developing The Empire', Gaumont Graphic Issue No. 1443, 19 Jan 1925. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/382773 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)