News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

551

Date Released

10 Apr 1939

Length of issue (in feet)

752

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. First Holiday Rush to the Sea
• 2. Ceremony of the Keys at Gibraltar
• 3. Launch of Aircraft Carrier "Illustrious"
• 4. Roving Camera Reports: Shooting Match by Radio
• 5. Roving Camera Reports: New York at Night
• 6. Roving Camera Reports: Fashions from Anywhere
• 7. Queen Mary at the Macarthur Home at Stanstead
• 8. Lambeth’s Horse Drawn Fire Engine
• 9. Giant Panda Takes a Bath
• *Eiffel Tower Anniversary
• *New York at Night
• *US Bombers Display

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 9

Summary

Including station scenes. Soldier crabs. Yachting. Combined football and bathing. Diving. Boxing under water. Surfing and sand modelling

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Animals

Length of story (in feet)

161

Story extras:

Production Documents

• Commentary

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

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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