News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

39/57

Date Released

17 Jul 1939

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Wooly Wonders at Sydney Show
• 2. Athletics - Harvard & Yale V Oxford & Cambridge
• 3. The King’s Prize at Bisley
• 4. Irish Volunteers Commissioned
• 5. The Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park
• 6. Aquatic Champions at Minehead
• 7. Crossing the Road by Numbers
• 8. Longest Long-Range Bomber Arrives from US
• 9. America Makes Air Mail History with Autogiro
• 10. FA Cup at Exhibition of Royal Treasures
• 11. US Fleet

Story

Story No. within this Issue

9 / 11

Summary

The machine lands on the flat roof of the Philadelphia Post Office. It brings letters and parcels from the Camden New Jersey Airport 6 miles away, but what took 40 minutes by road takes only 5 minutes by air.

Keywords

Aviation

Length of story (in feet)

59

Story extras:

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Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

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London
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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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