Nottingham’s Gift to New Zealand

Issue No.

323-1

Date Released

31 Oct 1917

Stories in this Issue:

Story No. within this Issue: 2 / 5
Summary: [SUBTITLE]: "The Duke of Portland and Lord Desborough were present when the Duchess of Portland christened the aeroplane which the Midland City presented to New Zealand." Dignitaries and officers inspecting troops, watched by large crowd in background. Duke of Portland giving speech. Crowd listening. Duchess of Portland smashes bottle on propeller of aeroplane with a hammer. Duke and Duchess walk off. Close-up of side of aeroplane with the word ‘Nottingham’ written upon it.
Keywords: Aristocracy; Aviation; Launchings
Length of story (in feet): 65

This series is held by:

Name: Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Email: film@iwm.org.uk
Web: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
Phone: 020 7416 5291
Fax: 020 7416 5379
Address: Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Notes: The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
Series held: View all series held by Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Name: British Film Institute (BFI)
Email: For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web: http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone: 020 7255 1444
Fax: 020 7580 7503
Address: 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes: The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held: View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)

This record has been viewed 117 times.