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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

344A

Date Released

9 Jan 1936

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Fashions: Described by Beryl de Querton
• 2. Aviation: Discovery II searches for Ellsworth
• 3. Reports: Japan - Tokyo rehearses enemy air raid
• 4. Reports: Riverside reports - France Paddles - Light Blues
• 5. Reports: Eritrea - Marshal Badoglio on the job
• 6. Sports: Reported by Beryl de Querton and Alan Howland: Holidays and serious practice on snow
• 7. Farming
• 8. Near East
• 9. Industry

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain Keeps Watch in Sudan. DESCRIPTION: Britain keeps watch in Sudan and Egypt. SHOTLIST: Khartoum. Residents of the town leave church after service. Marchpast of Khartoum garrison. Close shots of marchpast into camera of the units with band and the statue of General Gordon in distance. In Egypt - Camel train into camera. British troops signalling. Training with machine guns etc. Shots of aerodrome in the Middle East. Shot of Wing Commander Macky. With Sir Robert Brooke Popham inspecting RAF Personnel enter troops carrying plane. Shots of bombers over the Pyramids. Aerial of Sphinx.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Weapons; Aviation; Animals; Military; Religion and belief

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

4186

Credits:

Commentator

Eric Dunstan

Length of story (in feet)

94

Story extras:

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