First Holiday Rush to the Sea

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

551

Date Released

10 Apr 1939

Length of issue (in feet)

752

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1First Holiday Rush to the Sea
2. 2Ceremony of the Keys at Gibraltar
3. 3Launch of Aircraft Carrier "Illustrious"
4. 4Roving Camera Reports: Shooting Match by Radio
5. 5Roving Camera Reports: New York at Night
6. 6Roving Camera Reports: Fashions from Anywhere
7. 7Queen Mary at the Macarthur Home at Stanstead
8. 8Lambeth’s Horse Drawn Fire Engine
9. 9Giant Panda Takes a Bath
10. *Eiffel Tower Anniversary
11. *New York at Night
12. *US Bombers Display

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 9

Summary

Including station scenes. Soldier crabs. Yachting. Combined football and bathing. Diving. Boxing under water. Surfing and sand modelling

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Animals

Length of story (in feet)

161

Story extras:

Production Documents

• Icon CommentaryCommentary

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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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