News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1374

Date Released

22 May 1924

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Duke of Connaught in Bath. Opens New Hospital at Combe Park and Visits the Patients in the Orthopaedic Hospital
• 2. The Hero of Kut, General Townshend Whose Sudden Death in Paris is Announced
• 3. All Aboard for Olympia - Final Rehearsal at Chatham Royal Naval Barracks
• 4. Duke of York’s Foursome - Partnered by Captain Brooke, HRH was Defeated by Mr Frank Hodges MP and Mr Evan Williams on the Miner’s Course at Tonpentre.
• *Scotland V Ireland

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: SLINGING FIELD GUNS WEIGHING OVER A TON ACROSS A 30’ CHASM LV Naval ratings carrying guns across artificial chasm by means of ropes and pulleys. [2ND SUBTITLE]: BAYONET FIGHTING MLV troops in gas masks charge up to targets and stick them with bayonets. [3RD SUBTITLE]: PROLONGING THE AGONY MLV slow motion macabre shot of soldier in mask stabbing target twice with bayonet, another soldier beside him. [4TH SUBTITLE]: DISPLAY BY THE CREWS OF HMS ‘EXCELLENT’ AND HMS ‘VICTORY’ AT WHALE ISLAND LV crowd watches soldiers (?) fire over barracade. MLV from behind barracades of troops firing rifles over it. LV ratings pulling guns and ammunition cases over obstacle. LV pan cadets and men marching.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Weapons; Navy; Military

Locations

England; Chatham

Library number GR

7560

Length of story (in feet)

158

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