News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1401

Date Released

25 Aug 1924

Date Other

21 Aug 1924

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Gaumont Graphic Offers Its Respectful Congratulations to Her Royal Highness Princess Mary
• 2. Heave and Strain. Wrestlers Compete for the Cornish Belts in the Championships of the West
• 3. Motor Jumpers. Stunts by Enthusiasts at a Recent Motor Meet in the States
• 4. Shrewsbury’s Jubilee Floral Fete
• 5. Battle Cruiser of the Air. Trial of World’s Largest Single Engined Aeroplane at Brough

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: THIS 1,000hp BLACKBURN-NAPIER AEROPLANE WEIGHS, LOADED, OVER 9 TONS AND HAS A WINGSPAN OF 88’. LV hinged wing being fastened. LVs biplane, men standing in front of it in one shot. MLV bomb carriage (?) [2ND SUBTITLE]: COMPARE IT WITH LATHAM’S (ANTOINETTE) OF 1909 MLVs and LV plane with no wings. MLV Napier being pushed. LVs plane takes off and flies past camera several times.

Keywords

Aircraft

Locations

England; Brough

Written sources

Newsfilm Online   Used for alternative date

Library number GR

7833 neg 196ft

Length of story (in feet)

129

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Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Phone

+44(0)1954 262052

Address

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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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