News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/19

Date Released

4 Mar 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Royal Visit to Scotland
• 2. Exeter Welcomes Men of HMS Exeter
• 3. It’s a Long, Long Way
• 4. President Roosevelt’s Envoy in Italy
• 5. Tanks in the Desert
• 6. Australia Answers the Call
• *Kid Boxers in New York
• *Laying Keel of SS Alabama
• *Japs Jubilant
• *US Navy Gymnasts
• *Chinese Rice Celebrations
• *Ladies in the Saddle

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

The King visits a naval establishment where he inspects and decorates sailors and officers. At a fighter squadron station of the RAF he decorates a Squadron Leader with the DFC. He then joins the Queen at an East Coast port where they talk with mariners about their war experiences. The next day they visit a works where marine engineering is carried out, and are greatly interested in the precision work that is done there. Finally they visit a Clydeside shipbuilding yard and are given an enthusiastic welcome by a crowd of two thousand.

Keywords

Royalty; Ships and boats; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Ceremonies; Navy; Military; Awards and honours

Locations

Scotland; United Kingdom

Length of story (in feet)

282

Story extras:

Film clip

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Production Documents

• Commentary
• Shot List

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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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