Wearside’s Day of Rejoicing

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

949-2

Date Released

4 Nov 1929

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Wearside’s Day of Rejoicing
2. 2Canadian VCs Arrive
3. 3New York. Cloudland Invaded
4. 4American Navy Day
5. 5The Premier’s Homecoming

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "The Duke of York opens new Wearmouth Bridge at Sunderland, and drives home the last rivet." The Duke greets officials, climbs onto the bridge, drives home the rivet and is cheered by a large crowd.

Keywords

Royalty; Ceremonies; Engineering

Length of story (in feet)

40

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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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).

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