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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

438A

Date Released

28 Oct 1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Parliament
• 2. Reports: Big fire in Sydney
• 3. Reports: Japanese advance in Hopei
• 4. Reports: War memorial at Quebec
• 5. Reports: JA Lyons re-elected
• 6. Reports: Van Zeeland resigns
• 7. Motoring
• 8. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Londos beats Pencheff in wrestling bout
• 9. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Race track closed in Rhodes Island
• 10. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Punch wins the Cesarewitch
• 11. Naval Affairs
• 12. Box Ball: Remarks by Carl Bernard

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 12

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: George Eyston Meets Bad Luck With Rain on Salt Lake. DESCRIPTION: George Eyston meets bad luck with rain on Salt Lake. SHOTLIST: Shots of the car on the lake. He recovers record for 2000 kms. Comes back to base. Close shots giving message seated in car.

Keywords

Vehicles; Weather; Records

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

5808

Credits:

Commentator

Sir Malcolm Campbell

Length of story (in feet)

51

Story extras:

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