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

Bride and groom and guests are all deaf and dumb and use hand sign language,

Researcher Comments

Wedding of Duncan McKenzie and Lester Holgate takes place at Beverley Minster - built on the site of the Church of St John, Patron Saint of the "Deaf and Dumb".

Local distribution only

Dublin release only

Keywords

Marriages; Disabled persons

Locations

Yorkshire; Beverley; United Kingdom

Length of story (in feet)

97

Story extras:

Film clip

Pathe Icon Pathé

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Shot List

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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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