Jean Batten Arrives at Croydon and Speaks to GB News at Grosvenor House

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

140

Date Released

2 May 1935

Length of issue (in feet)

812

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1HM the King Reviews the Scouts at Windsor
2. 2Jean Batten Arrives at Croydon and Speaks to GB News at Grosvenor House
3. 3Monsignor Arthur Hinsley Enthroned Archbishop of Westminster
4. 4Hard Court Tennis Championships Start at Bournemouth
5. 5Roving Camera Reports: Emperor of Japan Meets Kang Teh, Monarch of Manchukuo in Tokyo
6. 6Roving Camera Reports: Mussolini Reviews Italian Tank Corps
7. 7Roving Camera Reports: Brooklyn Fire Burns for Two Days and Nights
8. 8Roving Camera Reports: Circus in New York
9. 9Decorations for the Jubilee
10. 10Wedding of Miss Diana Eyres-Monsell to Major Alan Casey at St Margarets
11. 11Barham Wins the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket
12. *West Bromwich Albion Return after Cup Final
13. *Monsignor Arthur Hinsley Enthroned Archbishop of Westminster
14. *Jean Batten Arrives Croydon
15. *Hard Court Tennis Championships
16. *Barham Wins the 2,000 Guineas
17. *German Battleship Towed Upside Down for Breaking Up
18. *Sheffield Wednesday Return after Winning the ‘Cup’
19. *Pedal Cyclists’ Massed Ride
20. *Rhodesian Premier Arrives
21. *May Day, Hyde Park

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 11

Researcher Comments

Title on film:
Jubilee Jean Arrives
Miss Batten Lands after persistent ill-luck

Keywords

Aviation; Newsreels

Written sources

Newsfilm Online   Used for synopsis

Length of story (in feet)

83

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