News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

39/2

Date Released

5 Jan 1939

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. M Daladier Visits Corsica
• 2. Palestine Today - Colonisation
• 3. HMS Conway in Dry Dock
• 4. Children’s Day in Johannesburg
• 5. New Gas Masks for London Fire Brigade
• 6. Big Fire in Capetown Docks
• 7. Man Plays Piano While House is Demolished
• 8. 1st Battalion East Surrey’s Return from Foreign Service
• 9. More Snow in Northumberland
• 10. Indoor Skiing Championships at Earls Court
• 11. Ice Hockey Carnival in Germany
• 12. Angler V Bowler Match
• 13. Blasting Ice in Central France
• 14. Coal Collier Wrecked off Margate
• 15. Basket Ball in New York
• 16. Percy Hunt Meet

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 16

Summary

Mr George Thompson who refuses to move out of his cottage near Maidstone although it has been condemned, plays piano while the house is pulled down round him.

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Length of story (in feet)

37

Story extras:

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Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

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Web

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Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

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Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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