Film Number |
9226 |
Title |
BRITISH GAUMONT NEWSREEL |
Producer |
British Gaumont News |
Date |
1946 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
6 mins 29 secs |
Description |
This newsreel includes the following items; 'Loneliest Mine High in the Pennines' about lead mining in Scarsdale in Cumbria; 'U.S. Airborne Men Learn Flame Warfare' about flame thrower training and a 'Rover Camera Report' featuring items about British experimental rocket propelled robot plane trials in Cornwall and about a circus in Hamburg. 'Many Sides to the Question of Transport' includes items on motor powered bicycles, as demonstrated by the film star Anne Crawford, bicycle manufacturing, motorboats, Thames water buses and skid training for the drivers of London buses. |
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