GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS ISSUE 1772 [Main Title]

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  • Title: GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS ISSUE 1772 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 381
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  • Summary: "1950". A review of the first half of the century.
  • Description: Review begins with shots of Queen Victoria in 1900., Old London, and King Edward VII with Victor Emmanuel of Italy. 1903: The Wright Brothers first flight at Kittyhawk, North Carolina. 1909: Louis BlĂ©riot on first cross channel flight. 1910: Home Secretary Winston Churchill at the Siege of Sidney Street. Kaiser Wilhelm. Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. 1913 Derby: a suffragette throws herself in front of the King's horse. Kitchener in 1914. 1919: Treaty of Versailles signed by Lloyd George, Wilson, and ClĂ©menceau. Alcock and Brown fly the Atlantic. The Twenties. 1924: King George at the Wembley Exhibition. 1934: Assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in France. First newsreel pictures sent by radio from Australia. 1936: Prince of Wales becomes Edward VIII then abdicates. 1937: Coronation of George VI. Airship Hindenburg blows up in New Jersey. 1938: Chamberlain meets Hitler at Munich. 1939: Declaration of War. Churchill leads. London in the Blitz. Churchill and Roosevelt draft the Atlantic Charter. Mussolini's body hung in Milan. 1945: Victory Parade. Atomic test at Bikini. United Nations. 1947: Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip. 1948: Queen Mary nurses Prince Charles.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MGH 381
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1950-12-28
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Gaumont British (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person) Lloyd George, David (person) Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (person)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 795 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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