News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/58

Date Released

18 Jul 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. France’s National Day
• 2. Children Re-Evacuated
• 3. The Home Guard
• 4. Physical Training at Wembley
• 5. Romance of a Naval Base
• 6. The King with the Services
• 7. Mining the Coasts of Eire
• 8. American Volunteers for Home Defence
• 9. Convoy Attacked in the Channel
• *Wendell Wilkie Nominated
• *Recruiting for US Army

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

Republican Party Convention hears nominations. Tom Dewey is named first, then Senator Taft and Wendell Wilkie. Dewey leads on the first three ballots but by the sixth it’s down to Wilkie and Taft. Then Ohio concedes and moves for a unanimous vote, and Wilkie is the Republican candidate for the Office of President of the USA.

Local distribution only

Dublin release only

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

Philadelphia; Pennsylvania

Length of story (in feet)

312

Story extras:

Film clip

Pathe Icon Pathé

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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