News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

603

Date Released

16 Oct 1939

Length of issue (in feet)

640

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. With the French Army in Germany
• 2. War Correspondents with the RAF in France
• 3. Our Empire’s Air Might
• 4. Our Empire’s Air Might
• 5. War Cartoon No 3
• 6. HMS Royal Oak Sunk
• *Paddington Air Raid Precautions Inspection
• *Lunchtime Concert at National Gallery
• *Newmarket Town Plate
• *Horse Training at Newmarket
• *First Berkshire Cubbing Meet at Stratfield Faye [Sic]
• *Explosion on British Steamer "Mahratto"
• *Queen Inspects Hospital Train
• *Neutral Shipping Held Up
• *Personalities Leave for America
• *Sale of Horses in Newcastle
• *Shopping on Horseback
• *Cycling in Wallasey
• *Rumanian Premier’s Funeral
• *Ancient and Modern Cycling in Newcastle
• *Irish Cambridgeshire
• *Cycle Race in Chicago
• *Royal Oak Torpedoed
• *Rail Smash at Bletchley

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Section Title

Our Empire’s Air Might

Summary

Australian bombers flying over Sydney.

Keywords

Aviation; Military

Length of story (in feet)

32

Story extras:

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Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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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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