News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

445

Date Released

13 Dec 1937

Date submitted

8 Dec 1937

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Disaster
• 2. Reports: His Majesty tours aircraft factories
• 3. Reports: Queen Mary and Christmas toys
• 4. Reports: Old War Horses rewarded
• 5. Reports: Winter whitens England
• 6. Reports: Frost fish go begging
• 7. Names and News: Major Attlee returns from Spain
• 8. Names and News: Mr Joseph Kennedy sworn in as US Ambassador
• 9. Names and News: President Roosevelt on holiday
• 10. Names and News: The Grand Mufti in the Lebanon
• 11. Names and News: Il Duce announces Italy’s withdrawal from the League of Nations
• 12. Speed
• 13. Aviation: Observations by Ivan Scott: US Bombers practice

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 13

Section Title

Reports

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: His Majesty Tours Aircraft Factories. SHOTLIST: Interior shot of Vickers at Weybridge. Frames of aircraft in the factory. The King alights from car with Lord Swinton. They are greeted by Sir Charles Craven and conducted around the works. Shots of the King looking over planes and plans of new bombers. On the testing ground he sees planes in flight. He sees the Handley Page factory also.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Aviation; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Military

Footage sources

Local

Card file number

5902

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

78

Story extras:

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