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Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

540

Date Released

2 Mar 1939

Length of issue (in feet)

862

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Prospects for the Grand National
• 2. Mass Ski-Ing on the Slopes of New Hampshire
• 3. Mass Ski-Ing on the Slopes of New Hampshire, including
• 4. Their Majesties at the BIF at Olympia
• 5. Floodlit Balloon Barrage Over London
• 6. Floodlit Balloon Barrage Over London, including
• 7. Roving Camera Reports: Robes Being Made for the New Pope
• 8. Roving Camera Reports: Earl De La Warr Opens Walthamstow Technical College
• 9. Roving Camera Reports: The Royal Visit to Birmingham
• 10. Fire at Asylum in Quebec, Canada
• 11. Diving Stars in Action in Australia
• 12. Review of the Spanish Civil War
• *The Royal Visit to Birmingham
• *The Royal Visit to Birmingham
• *Australia Mourns the Death of the Pope

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 12

Section Title

Mass Ski-Ing on the Slopes of New Hampshire, including

Summary

Four man bob-sled championships at Garmisch.

Keywords

Sport

Length of story (in feet)

42

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