News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

556

Date Released

27 Apr 1939

Length of issue (in feet)

764

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. This England - Apple Blossom in Kent
• 2. Shakespeare Celebrations at Stratford on Avon [Sic]
• 3. Scouts Rally at Windsor Castle
• 4. Wedding at St Paul’s Cathedral
• 5. Scenes in Kew Gardens
• 6. Blue Peter Wins the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket
• 7. Zeebrugge Bell Rung at Dover Service
• 8. Anzac Day at the Cenotaph
• 9. Budget Scenes and Speech by Sir John Simon
• 10. England Introduces Conscription
• *Funeral of Mr Lyons
• *Blue Peter Wins the 2,000 Guineas
• *Shakespeare Celebrations
• *Irish Cup Final
• *St George’s Day Celebrations at Newcastle
• *Premiere of Wuthering Heights at the Gaumont Haymarket
• *Rumanian Foreign Minister in London
• *New Bishop of London

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 10

Keywords

Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies

Length of story (in feet)

63

Story extras:

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Production Documents

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Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

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Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

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London
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Notes

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