News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

984

Date Released

26 Aug 1920

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Traffic Problems. Members of the Carl Rosa Opera Co. Find Motor Charabancs the Cheapest But ... Turkish Refugees Use the Railway (4th Class). Some of the Bridges are So Low, Many Passengers are Injured.
• 2. A Royal Guest. Prince of Wales Entertained by the Australian Jockey Club
• 3. Warsaw Saved. General Rejoicing and Enthusiastic Welcome to Marshal Pilsudski, Poland’s Commander-In-Chief
• 4. Peace with Russia Meeting. Demonstration to Advocate Recognition of Soviet Government Held in Trafalgar Square
• 5. Coal. The Burning Question of the Day. Householders Anxiously Await Results of Miners Ballot. They are Prepared for Eventualities in the Government Yards, But the Merchants’ Yards Show a Sadly Depleted Stock.

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

Crowd at meeting in Trafalgar Square. Woman speaker. Russian (?) speaker and official; Russian (?) addressing crowd. Two spokesmen (one Russian?). [SUBTITLE]: A COPPER COLLECTION WAS ASKED FOR, AND THE PENNIES FALL LIKE RAIN. Crowd throws pennies; money picked up from ground. Crowd waving hats.

Keywords

Politics and government; Foreign relations; Demonstrations

Library number GR

4098

Length of story (in feet)

94

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