News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

358A

Date Released

16 Apr 1936

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Reports: London honours late German Ambassador
• 2. Reports: A Flying Flea ‘Hop’
• 3. Reports: Tornado havoc in US
• 4. Reports: Boulder Dam rivals Niagara Falls
• 5. Reports: Peace discussions at Geneva
• 6. Reports: Lord Reay’s Wedding
• 7. Reports: 'Hindenburg’ at Rio
• 8. Easter
• 9. Walking
• 10. Guns
• 11. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Indian cricketers sail and Paris goes ‘chasing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

10 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Guns on Salisbury Plain. DESCRIPTION: Artillery prepares way for big push on Salisbury Plain. SHOTLIST: Officers - Naval - Military and an Air Force officer in new uniform on the Plain to watch manoeuvres. Horses draw the Artillery up. Shots of the guns being loaded and fired. Long shot of gun firing. Shots of the shells bursting. Autogyro flying. Shot of dummy tank being fired upon.

Keywords

Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Navy; Fashion and costume; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

4413

Credits:

Commentator

Sir Malcolm Campbell

Length of story (in feet)

90

Story extras:

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