News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

726

Date Released

7 Mar 1918

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. General Sir William Robertson Opens the Bracebridge Hall Club at Lincoln. ‘Stick It Out to the Last, and Go on with Your "Tanks"'
• 2. The War Will Be Won in the Air, Manchester Presents Aeroplane ‘India’ to the Empire. Lord Desborough Makes Presentation.
• 3. Finsbury Battalion V R Forms Guard of Honour for Lord Mayor and Sheriffs at Wesley’s Chapel, City Road
• 4. Wanted £100,000,000. Sir Eric Geddes Launches the London Land Dreadnoughts on Their Great Collecting Voyage.

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

SHOTLIST: Sir Eric Geddes and Admiral Heath with Mayor on platform. They mount ‘dreadnought’. Lieutenant George Robey and mayoral party on tank.

Keywords

Politics and government; Vehicles; Fundraising; Performing arts; Military

Written sources

Visnews Collection [BFI National Archive]   Video roll 6

Library number GR

2160 2224

Length of story (in feet)

109

Story extras:

Film clip

JISC MediaHub IconJISC MediaHub

You may need to login in to external websites.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

Email

info@screenocean.com

Web

http://reuters.screenocean.com/

Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

Notes

British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

Series held

View all series held by Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean