First Wireless Film

Series

Series Name
Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.
87
Date Released
29 Oct 1934
Length of issue (in feet)
778
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 12
Researcher Comments
Title on film:
Gaumont-British News Special!
The First Radio-film in history A World Record in Screen Journalism
You are now about to see actual pictures of the winning pilots - Scott and Black - with Mr. Edwards [Backer of the flight] and Miss Jean Batten.
For the first time wireless photography has been brought to the screen by Gaumont British News
This makes Newsreel History BUT - How was it done?
Keywords
Mass media; Aviation; Communications; Science and technology
Written sources
Newsfilm Online   Used for synopsis
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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Film Archive

Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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Phone
+44(0)1954 262052
Address
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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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How to cite this record

'First Wireless Film', Gaumont British News Issue No. 87, 29 Oct 1934. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/52078 (Accessed 25 Jul 2025)