The Pope’s Blessing

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

623

Date Released

25 Dec 1939

Length of issue (in feet)

855

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The King at Portsmouth and Plymouth
2. 2HMS Ursula Returns after Torpedoeing a Cruiser
3. 3Airmen Who Flew over Heligoland
4. 4The Graf Spee Takes Refuge in Montevideo
5. *BEF Christmas Leave
6. *Troops Christmas Party
7. *Primo De Riveria Borne to His Last Resting Place
8. *Radio and Clinic Train
9. *Talking Love Bird
10. *Ski-Ing on Mount Cook
11. *Land of the First Christmas
12. *The Pope’s Blessing
13. *French Naval Commander in Chief at Portsmouth
14. *Supreme War Council Meet in Paris
15. *Bonnett No 28 - Australian Air Ministers in France
16. *Bonnett No 29 - RAF in France
17. *Colonel Mitchel and Colonel Harvey Watt Interviews

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Local distribution only

Dublin release only

Keywords

Religion and belief

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