News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1439

Date Released

5 Jan 1925

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. In The New Year’s Honours. Miss Ellen Terry, The Veteran Actress of Stage and Screen Appointed A Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire
• 2. The Problem of London’s Traffic. A Special Commission is Now Sitting to Deal with the Congestion of the Streets and the Delays of Transport
• 3. The Locust Problem. Many Ingenious Spraying Devices are Being Tested to Exterminate This Devastating South African Pest.
• 4. Welsh Town Nearly Isolated. The Turbulent Waters of the Usk Overflowed at Brecon and the Flood Problem Became a Serious Menace
• 5. No Deep Impression Here. Healthy Fun at One of the Famous Swiss Resorts
• 6. After the Ball. The Duke of Northumberland Lord Percy and Lord Hugh Percy at the Hunt Meet at Alnwick after the New Year Festivities

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

SHOTLIST: MLV 3 men and spray, spraying from mounting point on car bonnet. MLV spray from car. CU spray. MV man walks over locusts on ground. MV locusts on ground. LV car with men spraying from it drives along.

Keywords

Vehicles; Insects; Animals

Locations

South Africa

Library number GR

8138 missing

Length of story (in feet)

41

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

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