News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

701

Date Released

23 Sep 1940

Length of issue (in feet)

711

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. It’s Training That Makes Our Pilots
• 2. Roving Camera Reports: King Visits Air Ministry
• 3. Roving Camera Reports: Air Raid Shelter Queues in London
• 4. Roving Camera Reports: Fish Caught on Barbed Wire Entanglements
• 5. Hitler Savagery Continues
• *RAF Coastal Command
• *Dusting Cotton to Prevent Bol Weevil
• *Alsatians Trained to Lead the Blind
• *Funeral of Dr Goma, Toledo
• *Acrobatic Skater
• *Armoured Scout Cars for US Army
• *De Valera with Local Security Force

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

Including Dover bombed again. West End stores bombed. King and Queen inspect raid damage. War factories continue to produce

Keywords

Royalty; Shops and shopping; Industry and manufacture; War damage

Length of story (in feet)

294

Story extras:

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Production Documents

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Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Phone

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Address

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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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