News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/49

Date Released

17 Jun 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. President Roosevelt with His Defence Council
• 2. Duchess of Kent Visits the Wounded
• 3. Egypt Prepared
• 4. Evacuating the Children
• 5. Paris!
• 6. Britain Answers the Call
• *President Roosevelt on Preparedness
• *Deaf and Dumb Wedding
• *Chimney Felling
• *Ingenuity Defeats Infirmity
• *San Francisco Fair Opened

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

Roosevelt speaking about the danger to America from 5th columnists and spies and states that the moral and mental defences must be raised.

Local distribution only

Dublin release only

Keywords

Politics and government; Industry and manufacture; Espionage

Locations

Washington; District of Columbia

Length of story (in feet)

128

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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