News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/34

Date Released

25 Apr 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Royal Tour
• 2. French Tanks in Action
• 3. A Miraculous Escape
• 4. After the Raid
• 5. War Minister’s Warning
• 6. Canadians at Vimy Ridge
• 7. Tractors and More Tractors
• 8. Gazette Special - Narvik
• *Centenary Celebrations in Australia
• *Table Tennis Champions
• *Racing in Australia

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 8

Summary

King and Queen in the Midlands. In Birmingham they see a realistic ARP display - and at Wolverhampton it’s the AFS who greet them.

Keywords

Royalty; Civil defence

Locations

Birmingham; Wolverhampton

Length of story (in feet)

134

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

3.29 Canterbury Court
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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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