Gar Wood’s Speed Record

Series

Series Name
Gaumont Sound News

Issue

Issue No.
138
Date Released
9 Apr 1931
Stories in this Issue:
  1. *Stella Willins - Fastest Typist
  2. *S.S. Orvieto Runs Ashore
  3. *Empress Of Britain Launched
  4. *H.M.S. Glorious Collision In Florida
  5. *Gar Wood’s Speed Record
  6. *Ice Hockey
  7. *Van Horse Parade

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Keywords
Ships and boats; Motor vehicles; Speed records
Written sources
Gaumont Sound News Issue Sheets [BUFVC]
Length of story (in feet)
219

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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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London
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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
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
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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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