News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: King Gustav at Cannes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
506A
Date Released
16 Feb 1939
Date submitted
10 Feb 1939
Date submitted
14 Feb 1939
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 11
Section Title
News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Visitors at Cannes. DESCRIPTION: The 80 year old King of Sweden plays tennis. SHOTLIST: King Gustav of Sweden plays in the Cannes tennis tournament in partnership with Madame Mathieu.
Keywords
Royalty; Sport; Older people
Footage sources
France
Card file number
35574
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
23
Story extras:
Film clip

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How to cite this record

'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: King Gustav at Cannes', British Movietone News Issue No. 506A, 16 Feb 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9696 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)