Admiral Byrd

Series

Series Name
Gaumont Sound News

Issue

Issue No.
40
Date Released
1 May 1930
Stories in this Issue:
  1. *Maypole Dancing At Eaton
  2. *Great Metropolitan Race At Epsom
  3. *Reception Of The Arsenal Team At Highbury
  4. *Australians v Worcester Cricket At Worcester
  5. *Tennis Championship At Bournemouth
  6. *Admiral Byrd
  7. *Mussolini’s Daughter’s Wedding

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
Admiral Byrd in New Zealand. American Atlantic airmen in Dunedin after South Polar expedition
Keywords
Navy; Exploration and explorers
Footage sources
British Movietone News
Written sources
Gaumont Sound News Issue Sheets [BUFVC]
Length of story (in feet)
77

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Film Archive

Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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Phone
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Address
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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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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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