Various Angles of the War Effort

Series

Series Name

Gaumont British News

Issue

Issue No.

683

Date Released

22 Jul 1940

Length of issue (in feet)

849

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1A Good Blow Out for Ninepence
2. 2Badminton Experts Demonstrate
3. 3Various Angles of the War Effort
4. 4Roving Camera Reports: WAAFs Parade and Recruit - Miss Pearson MBE
5. 5Roving Camera Reports: Women’s Spotter Corps to Relieve Male LDV
6. 6Roving Camera Reports: 150 Years Old Tortoise at the Zoo
7. 7Roving Camera Reports: Collapsible Boats on Rapids
8. 8Dive Bombers Beaten off Once Again
9. 9Go to It!
10. *Roosevelt Nominated Again
11. *Troops Leave for Alaska
12. *Horse Race in the Rain
13. *Trotting at Ascot, Australia
14. *Air Cadets Receive Wings in US
15. *Navy Planes Practise in America
16. *Jack Dempsey’s Comeback
17. *Mine Laying on Ireland’s Coast
18. *AA Defences
19. *Canadian Hospital

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 9

Summary

Including Eton College. [Illegible] inspected and with the LDV. Children filling sandbags and collecting scrap. Aluminium depot for pots and pans

Keywords

Civil defence

Length of story (in feet)

206

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