News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1109

Date Released

7 Nov 1921

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Duke of Marlborough Sells by Auction His Famous Herd of Pedigree Cattle at Blenheim Palace. The Famous Bull ‘Verwachting’ Sold for 1,000 Gns.
• 2. Washington Disarmament Conference. Mr Balfour, as Leader of the British Delegation, Leaves Liverpool for USA
• 3. Lord Burnham Presents Fleetwood to the City. Title Deeds Received by Lord Mayor at Burnham Beeches (Bucks)
• 4. Everybody’s Doing It. Airdevil Feats in USA Are Daily Becoming More Prevalent. [Subtitle]: Youthful Aviator (17 Years Old) Leaps from Auto to Plane
• 5. General Smuts’ Welcome Home. The Famous Soldier-Statesman Transhipped to the ‘Kenilworth Castle’ from the Damaged ‘Saxon’

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

Air-to-air; man performing acrobatics on bi-plane wings while plane is in flight; acrobat talking to crew members; man climbing up rope from car to bi-plane while car moves down runway and plane flies overhead. Ground to air; bi-plane circling overhead with man dangling from rope. Plane touches down with man on wings.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Stunts; Youth

Library number GR

5226

Length of story (in feet)

92

Story extras:

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

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

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