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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

424A

Date Released

22 Jul 1937

Date submitted

20 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

8 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bird Lore. Swan Uppers Give Lessons to Nosey Fowl. DESCRIPTION: Swan Upping on the River Thames. SHOTLIST: Shots of swans on the river. Shots of the men to mark the swans. Boats on the river. Shots of them marking cygnets. Shots of the dyers being thrown into the river.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Social events; Animals

Footage sources

Local

Card file number

5524

Credits:

Commentator

Carl Bernard

Length of story (in feet)

56

Story extras:

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