News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1998

Date Released

24 Apr 1950

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. City and Suburban: Iron Duke Wins in Photo-Finish
• 2. Motor Show Goes West
• 3. Canadian Jet Liner Makes First Flight
• 4. Front Page People
• 5. Front Page People
• 6. Front Page People
• 7. Allies Set for Riot Threat
• 8. King and Queen Visit Memorial Theatre
• *Countess of Harewood Opens Sports Arena

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Summary

First jet-turbine airliner built in Canada (by British Avro Company) flies to New York with mail in fifty-nine minutes.

Keywords

Aviation; Communications

Library number

18578

Length of story (in feet)

72

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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