News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2524

Date Released

9 May 1955

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Unclimbable Hill: Motor Cyclists Meet Waterloo
• 2. Lying Down Plane May Stop Blacking Out
• 3. Cup Final 1955
• *Our Cameras Show How Tyson Does It!
• *Ambassadors Start Treaty Talks
• *New Nylon Can’t Burn
• *Top Runners "Save Our Churches"!
• *Scottish Headlines

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

Latest machines aid clearance of vast peat bog. Caithness Fifteenth century castle ruins and modern version nearby are bought by American. Hoy Queen Mother inaugurates big water scheme.

Local distribution only

Scotland

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Environment; Science and technology; Engineering; History and archaeology

Locations

Caithness

Length of story (in feet)

238

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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