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

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Story No. within this Issue

6 / 9

Section Title

Roving Camera Reports

Keywords

Animals

Length of story (in feet)

40

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