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  1. Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Newall

    Date released
    2 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/97
    NoS ID
    098418
    Story no
    1 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Speaks about his pleasure at being appointed Governor General of New Zealand and mentions the new air service between the USA and New Zealand and how this will grow after the war.

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  2. Post Much Earlier This Christmas

    Date released
    2 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/97
    NoS ID
    098419
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Showing the difficulties of a postman’s job in wartime. Postman arrives with mail to find the house has been bombed and its occupants no longer there, then he goes to a street where there is an unexploded...

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  3. Trained in Canada

    Date released
    2 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/97
    NoS ID
    098420
    Story no
    3 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    The first contingent of men of the Empire Air Training Scheme to arrive in Britain, among them are Canadians and Americans. Many Americans travel to Canada to join up with the RAF.

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  4. The King Receives a "Decoration"

    Date released
    2 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/97
    NoS ID
    098421
    Story no
    4 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    King and Queen inspect mobile canteens which are being presented to the YMCA by the Trade Union Movement. The King is then presented with the Gold Medal of the TUC by Mr George Gibson, Chairman of the...

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  5. Tacoma Bridge Collapse

    Date released
    2 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/97
    NoS ID
    098422
    Story no
    5 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Suspension bridge which was only opened a few months previously is caught in a 35 mile an hour wind, which apparently sets up a rhythmic swinging of the bridge which increases with each swing. Finally the...

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  6. Evans of the Broke Comperes a Shelter Concert

    Date released
    2 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/97
    NoS ID
    098423
    Story no
    6 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Admiral Sir Edward Evans compering a concert in an underground shelter introduces George Formby who sings "I’m guarding the home of the Home Guard".

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  7. Tube Snacks

    Date released
    2 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/97
    NoS ID
    098424
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Special tube train which travels between the stations which are used as shelters, stops at platform and unloads the food containers. Canteen staff distribute the food to people who have settled down for the...

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  8. South Africa’s Agricultural Show

    Date released
    2 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/97
    NoS ID
    098425
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    General Smuts attends 34th annual agricultural show.

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  9. Walking Race in Regents Park

    Date released
    2 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/97
    NoS ID
    098426
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    The Highgate Harriers v the Metropolitan Police in a three mile walking race. A gruelling pace cuts the field down to three and soon there’s only one in it, Frank Bignall of Paddington the winner.

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  10. Rugby at Oxford

    Date released
    2 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/97
    NoS ID
    098427
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Oxford University v Major Stanley’s 15. Oxford prove to be the better side, but only just, winning by 18 points to 16.

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