News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

301A

Date Released

14 Mar 1935

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Now You Can Give Your Friends in Japan a Tinkle
• 2. New Records Are Set in Melbourne Centenary Games
• 3. HMS Renown Has Collision Damage Repaired in Dock
• 4. 11-Year-Old Boy is to Succeed Uncle as King of Siam
• 5. New Streamlining Ideas Adopted by the Railways
• 6. US Bombers Fly on a 10,000 Mile Air-Route March
• 7. Cambridge Crew Starts Practice on the Tideway
• 8. The National Hunt Steeplechase Run at Cheltenham

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Telephone to Japan. SHOTLIST: Shot of the inauguration ceremony. The operator talks to Japan. Shot of Tokyo. Sir Kingsley Wood and Sir J Simon are present. Shot of the girls at the switchboard. Hand presses switches. Sir J Simon speaks into "mike". General shot of a Japanese street. Girl walks into a telephone booth.

Keywords

Politics and government; Women; Communications; Science and technology

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3525

Length of story (in feet)

74

Story extras:

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