BRITISH NEWS NO. 34

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 548094).

Synopsis

"THE REGENTS PARK ZOO TAKES CENSUS OF ITS RESIDENTS" (53-65); MS a keeper preparing to make a note in a book (70); the keeper looking at two polar bears, in an enclosure (77); CS polar bears (80); large brown bear (83); MS bear scratching itself (86); keeper writing in book (88); CS polar bear (91); MS lion behind bars (99); LS birds flying about a wire enclosure (107); MS keeper (109); Bactrian camels (118); CS a camel (128); notice saying Fleas (131); CS keeper's notebook, and his hand holding a magnifying glass (134); MS keeper glancing into Fleas'cage through magnifying glass, and naming the occupants (160); MS keeper discovering a missing flea on the ear of a cinematographer (177); two keepers conversing with a parrot (231).

"PEOPLE IN BRITAIN QUIETLY CARRY ON WITH WAR WORK" (241). "NORWAY'S KING REVIEWS NAVAL UNITS" (246). MS King Haakon reviewing a Guard of Honour mounted by Royal Marines (254); LS Naval officers being presented to the King at the foot of a flag-pole (258); MS same (262); LS march past of British sailors (271); MS King Haakon, and two naval officers (274); LS march past of Belgian sailors (284); MS the King (285); LS march past of Norwegian sailors (298); CS shoulder flashes of the Norwegians (302); MS King Haakon reviewing the Norwegians (308); the King being received by the matron of the naval sick-bay (320). [11th-12th January 1941].

"BOY SCOUTS FORM FIRE-BOMB SQUAD" (325). MS group of Boy Scouts being welcomed to a church by the vicar (328); climbing to the church roof to spot incendiaries (333); Boy Scout squad being called from a game of cards, by a bomb warning (340); collecting ladders and sand from the nave of the church, and climbing to the gallery where the bomb is (354); Scouts directing stirrup pump at fire (371); the vicar congratulating the scouts on their work (383) [Jan. 1941].

"THE QUEEN SEES KING DECORATE AIRMEN". CUs some of the airmen decorated in the ceremony (392); MS King George VI decorating Wing-commander Beamish, D.S.O. with D.F.C. (400); the King, with the Queen behind him, awarding the D.F.C. to Flight-Lt. Barton (410); the King awarding the D.F.C. to Pilot-Officer Cunningham (418); the D.F.C. and bar to his D.F.M., to Flight-Lt. Geoffrey Allard (425); the B.E.M. to Flight-Sergeant Hornded (433); MS the King and Queen leaving the Fighter Station (443). [16th January 1941].

"R.A.F. HEROES OF LONDON'S DEFENCE" (450). MS pilots of 603 Squadron (450); LS Spitfire taxi-ing to a halt (458); MS pilot officer disembarking (471); CU reporting to an Intelligence Officer (474); MS various shots ground crew attending to aircraft (489).

"REPORTS FROM THE WAR IN AFRICA - EAST AND NORTH" (500). "GOLD COAST CONTINGENT AIDS BRITISH DRIVE" (504). CU Negro soldier (507); MS soldiers drilling (514); stripping for fitness check (520); CU several muscular and healthy Negroes (525); MS European officer and Negro checking the men's fit-ness (532); Negro cooks serving meal from series of cooking pots (537); soldiers queueing for rations (553); a soldier eating (562); drilling and firing practice (581); LS and MS Gold Coast soldiers marching through an African village (595).

"NORTH AFRICAN ROUND-UP" (603). MS and LS Abandoned Italian tanks in the Western Desert (631); MS series of shots - other Italian equipment (665); LS ruins of Sidi Barrani, with two Australian soldiers looking round (674); MS army truck driving along deserted street (678); LS group of Italian prisoners on the sea-shore (698); MS Australian guards sharing out cigarettes to their prisoners (707); LS long column of new prisoners (722); MS Libyan prisoners (735); a sentry (737); the parched Libyans, their backs turned to a sand-storm (746); MS British soldiers drawing up water from a Roman well (751); prisoners drinking (763); Italian monument in Sidi Barrani (770).

"r.2" "NEWS OF THE NAVY - KEEPING ITS MIGHTY TRUST, ON ALL SEAS" (780). "THE R.N. PAYMASTER ON THE JOB" (784). MS series of shots of daily life in the administrative quarters of a warship (844). "SPANISH VISIT TO ROYAL NAVY" (852). MS the Governor of Algeciras coming aboard the aircraft carrier 'Ark Royal'(866); shaking hands with officers (873); crossing decks with several British admirals (880); LS and MS inspecting all parts of the ship (920); MS Sir Clive Liddell, Governor of Gibraltar, going below (932); Governor of Algeciras taking his leave (952).

"H.M.S. "ARK ROYAL" AT SEA" (960). LS moving at speed (974); coastline seen from a vantage point on board 'Ark Royal' (982); the aircraft carrier seen from the tail of a plane taking off from her decks (1015); aerial view - the aircraft carrier (1022); MS a torpedo bomber in flight (1029); LS aerial view 'Ark Royal' (1040); MS the torpedo bomber, a Swordfish (1051); LS aerial view destroyers acting as targets (1101); MS planes (1111); LS the planes used for reconnaissance (1116); a merchant vessel which is under the surveillance of the planes (1138); LS view from a plane landing back on the aircraft carrier (1147).

"FLEET AIR ARM'S PATROL" (1154); MS and LS Swordfish biplanes in flight (1204); MS men walking from hangars in flying kit (1209); group of Fleet Air Arm men (1226); MS a Fulmar plane preparing to take off (1233); CU a sailor holding one wing (1236); MS the Fulmar moving forward (1245); LS and MS three Fulmars in flight (1295).

"ANOTHER CRUISER TAKES THE WATER" (1302). MS Mrs. Alexander Fraser, mother of the Third Sea Lord, launching the cruiser (1320); LS cruiser moving down the slipway (1348).

"MR CHURCHILL CHEERS AND IS CHEERED" (1354). MS Mr. and Mrs. Churchill (1356); Mr. Churchill being piped aboard a vessel, while visiting the South Coast (1365); the Churchills boarding another vessel (1373); Mr. Churchill disembarking to the cheers of dockers (1386), dockers (1389); MS Mr. Harry Hopkins (1396); the Churchills and Hopkins (1404); the three at a Fleet Air Arm base (1417) [24th January 1941]. Mr. Churchill at Glasgow (1425); LS ranks of Civil Defence workers watching (1431); MS Mr. Churchill inspecting them (1447); Civil Defence workers (1452); MS Mr. and Mrs. Churchill (1461); [17th January 1941]. MS Mr. Churchill on a visit to an airfield (1501). The End (1520).

 

Titles

  • MR CHURCHILL CHEERS AND IS CHEERED (Alternative)
  • NEWS OF THE NAVY - KEEPING ITS MIGHTY TRUST, ON ALL SEAS (Alternative)
  • PEOPLE IN BRITAIN QUIETLY CARRY ON WITH WAR WORK (Alternative)
  • REGENTS PARK ZOO TAKES CENSUS OF ITS RESIDENTS (Alternative)
  • REPORTS FROM THE WAR IN AFRICA - EAST AND NORTH (Alternative)
  • BRITISH NEWS NO. 34
Series Title:
BRITISH NEWS
 

Technical Data

Year:
1941
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Sound
Footage:
1520 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Sponsor
British Council
Production Company
Newsreel Association of Great Britain and Ireland
 

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