News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

338

Date Released

25 Nov 1935

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Reports: Earl Jellicoe buried at St Paul’s
• 2. Reports: Ras Gugsa joins march on Makale
• 3. Reports: US Stratosphere pilots set record
• 4. Personalities: Horace Lindrum, Ace of Snooker introduced by Tom Webster
• 5. Faces and Flashes: Marginal notes with brief illustrations - propounded by Ivan Scott: Adowa Guns
• 6. Faces and Flashes: Marginal notes with brief illustrations - propounded by Ivan Scott: Russian rationing
• 7. Faces and Flashes: Marginal notes with brief illustrations - propounded by Ivan Scott: Animals’ reaction to music
• 8. Faces and Flashes: Marginal notes with brief illustrations - propounded by Ivan Scott: Corn husking contest
• 9. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Stunts by US Daredevil Flyer
• 10. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Birmingham v Aston Villa
• 11. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: All Blacks v Scotland

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 11

Section Title

Faces and Flashes: Marginal notes with brief illustrations - propounded by Ivan Scott

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Adowa Guns. SHOTLIST: Shots of guns captured from the Italians by the Abyssinians in 1896.

Keywords

Weapons; History and archaeology

Locations

Abyssinia; Adowa

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

4084

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

12

Story extras:

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