Britain’s Navy is Still the Best

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

248

Date Released

14 May 1936

Length of issue (in feet)

798

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Bold Venture Wins the Kentucky Derby - "Last Dollar Dan" Loses
2. 2Budget Leakage Inquiry at the Law Courts
3. 3Roving Camera Reports: World’s Largest Sleeper ‘Plane
4. 4Roving Camera Reports: Girl’s Wind and Water-Proof Coiffure
5. 5Roving Camera Reports: Derby Horses in Training at Newmarket
6. 6Roving Camera Reports: Mechanical Sheep-Shearing in Hyde Park
7. 7Fire in Stearin Candle Factory at Gouda, Near Rotterdam
8. 8Haile Selassie Arrives in Haifa on HMS "Enterprise"
9. 9Haile Selassie Arrives in Jerusalem
10. 10Britain’s Navy is Still the Best
11. 11Announcement - Amy Mollison Breaks England-Cape-England Record
12. *Keys of Edinburgh Castle Handed over to New Governor

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

10 / 11

Summary

Scenes from library.

Keywords

Navy; Military

Length of story (in feet)

111

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