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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

424A

Date Released

22 Jul 1937

Date submitted

21 Jul 1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Marconi Passes: a Tribute by Eric Dunstan
• 2. Reports: The King opens Fire Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth
• 3. Reports: Russian Polar Expedition in Moscow
• 4. Reports: Spanish Harvest
• 5. Reports: Walked to Capetown
• 6. Reports: Osa Johnson arrives in Nairobi
• 7. Aviation: The new America bomber, the ‘Flying Fortress’
• 8. Birdlore: with voice notes by Carl Bernard
• 9. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Davis Cup Inter Zone Final
• 10. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Tennis Match - Charlie Chaplin & Groucho Marx v Perry & Vines
• 11. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Athletics - Oxford & Cambridge defeat Harvard & Yale

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 11

Section Title

Reports

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Polar Scientists in Moscow. SHOTLIST: Plane in the air. CU Stalin smoking pipe. Professor Otto Schmidt steps from plane. He is leader of the expedition. Stalin and Voroshilov kiss the returning heroes. Papers being showered down upon them as they drive through the city.

Keywords

Politics and government; Aviation; Science and technology; Exploration and explorers

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

5519

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

42

Story extras:

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