News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/76

Date Released

19 Sep 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. British Troops Leave Peking
• 2. London’s Floating Buses
• 3. Adding to the Bag
• 4. At the Risk of Their Lives
• 5. Another Military Objective
• 6. Army Co-Operation Planes at Practise
• 7. Britain’s Infantry on Wheels
• 8. Prime Minister Visits Defences
• *Japanese Train Crash
• *Water Skiing
• *Footballers Keep Fit
• *Milestones in Social Welfare
• *Daredevil Riders

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 8

Summary

Pleasure steamers used for emergency public transport between Westminster and Woolwich to relieve railway congestion.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Transport

Locations

London; River Thames

Length of story (in feet)

53

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
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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