News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

444

Date Released

6 Dec 1937

Date submitted

3 Dec 1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Royalty
• 2. Reports: All quiet in Peking
• 3. Reports: 204 Squadron off to Australia
• 4. Reports: Christmas Parade in New York
• 5. Reports: Professor wins Nobel Prize
• 6. Reports: Queen Mary opens London House
• 7. Names and News: Douglas-Percy Wedding
• 8. Names and News: Viscount Gort, VC
• 9. Names and News: Sir C Deverill
• 10. Names and News: Mr Hore Belisha
• 11. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Athletics - British Team for Empire Games leave for Sydney
• 12. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: High Jumping at the Melbourne Show
• 13. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Model Boat Racing
• 14. Dogs

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 14

Section Title

Reports

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: All Quiet in Peking. SHOTLIST: Scenes in the city of Peking. Horse-cabs. Camel train from Mongolia. Women Police wearing trousers. Jap soldiers can be seen amongst the crowds. Shots of Chinese merchants in street markets with the wares.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Shops and shopping; Business and commerce; Animals; Military

Locations

China; Peking

Footage sources

New York

Card file number

5879

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

43

Story extras:

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