News Flashes - Stop Press: Devil’s Island Prisoner

Series

Series Name
British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.
1710
Date Released
21 Jul 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Frontier Tribesmen Vote
  2. 2Jap Whalers Fish Again
  3. 3News Flashes - Stop Press: Cargo Canoe
  4. 4News Flashes - Stop Press: Devil’s Island Prisoner
  5. 5Paterson Collapse Stirs Fight World
  6. 6Edinburgh Awards Freedom to Princess

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
News Flashes - Stop Press
Summary
Condemned murderer, who had death sentence commuted, returns from Devil’s Island after twenty years’ confinement.
Keywords
Crime
Footage sources
Les Actualites Francaises
Library number
16368
Length of story (in feet)
70
Story extras:
Production Documents

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Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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Web
http://reuters.screenocean.com/
Phone
+44(0)1954 262052
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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