News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

646

Date Released

14 Mar 1940

Length of issue (in feet)

781

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Britain’s Defences in Hong Kong
• 2. Duke of Kent Visits the North and Honours Submarine Crews
• 3. Rugby Match at Cardiff
• 4. Roving Camera Reports: Queen Elizabeth at Film House
• 5. Roving Camera Reports: Funeral of Belgian Airman Shot Down by Nazis
• 6. Roving Camera Reports: Ambulances and AFS for Finland
• 7. Roving Camera Reports: Rodeo in America
• 8. Preliminaries for the Grand National
• 9. Preliminaries for the Grand National, including
• 10. Preliminaries for the Grand National, including
• 11. Inventions for Aeroplanes
• 12. Inventions for Aeroplanes - including
• 13. America’s Envoy - Sumner Welles - Arrives and Pays Visits
• 14. Weather Contrasts from Abroad
• 15. Weather Contrasts from Abroad
• *Italian Grand National
• *Ice Breaking in Dutch Harbours
• *Installation of New Basutoland Chief

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

10 / 15

Section Title

Preliminaries for the Grand National, including

Summary

Artillery practice at Larkhill.

Keywords

Weapons; Military

Length of story (in feet)

25

Story extras:

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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