News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/43

Date Released

27 May 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. More Canadians Arrive
• 2. Bombs Dropped in Sussex
• 3. Turkish MPs See the Navy at Work
• *President Roosevelt Speaks at Congress
• *For the Second Year
• *Winter Woollies in London
• *The War in China
• *Tasman Air Service
• *Film Star Tennis Match

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

Mayor La Guardia cuts the tape to re-open the New York’s World Fair for the second year. Ex-governor Al Smith and his wife attend, and various pavilions are shown including the Polish, Finnish, Czech and Luxembourg.

Local distribution only

Dublin release only

Keywords

Politics and government; Ceremonies; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

New York

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

Film clip

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Production Documents

• Commentary
• Shot List

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This series is held by:

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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