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Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

240

Date Released

16 Apr 1936

Length of issue (in feet)

840

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Funeral Cortege of Herr Von Hoesch in London - Coffin Taken Aboard HMS "Scout" at Dover
• 2. Tornado Sweeps Tupelo, Mississippi
• 3. Roving Camera Reports: Lord Reay Marries Miss C Younger at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
• 4. Roving Camera Reports: Miss B Royds Marries Lieutenant Larken at St Margaret’s Westminster
• 5. Roving Camera Reports: Committee of Thirteen Discuss Extension of Sanctions against Italy
• 6. Roving Camera Reports: King Leopold of the Belgians Takes Army Salute in Front of His Palace
• 7. Roving Camera Reports: The "Hindenburg" Arrives at Rio De Janeiro
• 8. Auteuil’s Prix De President Prize Won by "Black Bottom III"
• 9. Gunnery Practice by Troops at Larkhill
• 10. Easter Holiday Scenes
• *Foundation Stone of Chesterfield Municipal Buildings Laid by Mayor
• *Seville Holy Week
• *Darlington Girls Football Match
• *Funeral of Herr Von Hoesch
• *Easter Holiday Scenes

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

10 / 10

Summary

Wetherby races. "Flying Flea" rally at Canute Air Park, Southend. Gliding at Castleton. Motor cycle rodeo at Crystal Palace. Rotton Row fashions in Hyde Park. Scouts rally in New York. Spring affects a loving couple. Holiday scenes

Keywords

Sport; Horse racing; Organisations; Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Aviation; Motorcycling; Fashion and costume; Youth

Length of story (in feet)

286

Story extras:

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