News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

330

Date Released

30 Sep 1935

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Flashes: Motorists tackle Shelsley Walsh again
• 2. Flashes: After 19 years in gaol Tom Mooney is appealing again
• 3. Flashes: Privileged people swallow oysters and net salmon
• 4. Abyssinia
• 5. Transport: Description by Brian Saveall
• 6. Cameragraph
• 7. Envoi
• 8. Sport: 'All Blacks’ suffer first at Swansea 11-3

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: End of Rainy Season Looms Over Abyssinia. DESCRIPTION: End of rainy season looms over Empire of Haile Selassie. SHOTLIST: Shot of sunny Harar. City street. Shot of train passing over bridge. Shot of rocky gorge. Shot of Commander of Forces - a Turk - ?? Pasha. CU. Shot of native troops wearing no uniform but carrying rifles also the same troops moving up past camels in lorries. Shot of Harar seen from hill. Scenic shot. Shot of Indian Punjabi troops line up. Sir Sydney Barton speaking message.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Weather; Environment; Weapons; Animals; Military; Scenery and travel

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3946

Credits:

Commentator

Eric Dunstan

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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