News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

39/79

Date Released

9 Oct 1939

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Belligerent Ships in US Ports
• 2. Churchill Wedding
• 3. Major General the Duke of Windsor
• 4. Poland’s New President
• 5. Dutch Public Records Taken to Safety
• 6. London’s Raid Proof Tubes
• 7. On the Western Front
• *Polo in US
• *US Shipbuilding
• *Tientsin Floods
• *US President Celebrates Mother’s Birthday
• *Bon Voyage
• *Dutch Parliament Opened
• *World’s Fair Parade

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

Queen Wilhelmina, accompanied by Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard opens Parliament, and for the first time the newsreel cameras are there to record this historic event.

Local distribution only

Dublin release only

Keywords

Royalty; Mass media; Customs and traditions

Length of story (in feet)

163

Story extras:

Film clip

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Film Archive

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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