News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1923

Date Released

4 Aug 1949

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. British Defeat French Athletes
• 2. Midinettes Strike But Show Goes On
• 3. Rain Didn’t Damp Holiday Spirit
• 4. C of I Trailer: Humpty Dumpty

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Blackpool Untimely change in weather spoils Bank Holiday for millions in North. Scarborough Jack Kramer beats Donald Budge in Professional Tennis Championship. Birmingham London manufacturer, JN Somers, wins King’s Cup Air Race. London "Viking Invaders" row ship up Thames cheered by thousands on Embankment and Bridges.

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; History and archaeology

Length of story (in feet)

414

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

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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