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Roving Camera Reports: 150 Years Old Tortoise at the Zoo

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

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 9
Section Title
Roving Camera Reports
Keywords
Animals
Length of story (in feet)
40
Story extras:
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