News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

39/40

Date Released

18 May 1939

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Royalty at Chelsea Flower Show
• 2. Indoor Tennis Championships at Wembley
• 3. French Officers Visit Sandhurst
• 4. The Kentucky Derby
• 5. Anglo-Italian Soccer Duel
• 6. Pilgrims Leave London for Lourdes
• 7. Mauretania Makes Her First ‘Voyage’
• 8. New Type All-Wing Plane Demonstrated and the New Defiant Two-Seater Fighter
• 9. Wedding on Roller Skates
• 10. John Henry Armstrong in Training for the Forthcoming Fight

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 10

Summary

The new "Mauretania" moves into dry dock where her fifty ton rudder is lifted into place - the next stage will be her speed trial off the coast of Scotland.

Keywords

Ships and boats

Length of story (in feet)

66

Story extras:

Film clip

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Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

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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