News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2309

Date Released

16 Apr 1953

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Budget Special: Income Tax Abolished
• 2. UNO Elects New Secretary-General: Hammarskjold Succeeds Lie
• 3. What a Gull: Bird with Arrow Stuck Through It Carries On
• 4. Road to Berlin: Russians Ease Tension
• 5. Paris Fashion Says "Goodbye Bikinis"
• 6. London Win International Boat Race
• 7. War on Locusts. Breeding Ground Offensive Gets Under Way

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

On border of Northern Rhodesia International Locust Commission destroys millions before wings grow.

Keywords

Agriculture; Insects

Locations

Northern Rhodesia; Nyasaland; Federation Of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Footage sources

Central Office of Information

Library number

21299

Length of story (in feet)

135

Story extras:

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Dope Sheet
• Shot List

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

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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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