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PATHÉSCOPE
GAZETTE
AND
NEWS REVIEWS
9.5MM FILM CATALOGUES
From April 1934 through to October 1939 Pathéscope issued a monthly "Pathéscope 9.5mm Super Gazette" newsreel. These were a full 300ft "SB" reel, all numbered in a 40000 series. Whilst these titles also appear in the complete Pathéscope 9.5mm printed films catalogues available on these web pages - this extra listing contains brief details of the news items covered in each edition.
All the news material was edited from the current cinema Pathé Gazette newsreels, Pathé Pictorials and Pathétone Weeklies (it is thought that Pathéscope had free access to the Pathé News material). For some reason, these Pathéscope 9.5mm Super Gazettes didn't contain the month of issue in the main titles. However each copy had just two frames containing the last two digits of the film reference number at the start and end of each print.
Pathéscope dated these Gazettes the month they were released on 9.5mm . The actual events took place up to six weeks before the date given. Originally the 9.5mm Gazettes were released by Pathéscope on the 15th of the month; from August 1934 they were released on the 1st of each month.
I am always interested in copies of titles not already
in my collection or additions/corrections.
Grahame Newnham :- presto @
pathefilm.uk (remove spaces for correct
e-mail address)
PATHÉSCOPE 9.5 SUPER GAZETTES
April.1934
SB/40001 Eton College Steeplechase. Rugby Championship.
Bridging the River Tees. The Passing of King Albert. The Boat
Race. The Grand National.
May 1934
SB/40002 Veteran Car Club Rally at Godstone, John Cobb at
Brooklands. Gliding Over the Channel. An Actual Rescue at Sea.
The Cup Final, Aviation's Latest Wonder, Unveiling the Irwin
Statue. U.S. Taxi Strike, Monte Carlo Grand Prix. Work Resumed on
Cunarder "534".
June 1934
SB/40003 Meet the Australian Cricketers, Rugby League Football
Final. The Afghan Frontier. Kentucky Derby. The Walker Gold Cup.
"Endeavour" leaves Gosport. H.M.S. Nelson puts to sea.
Royal Tournament at Olympia. The American Streamlined Train.
Smart Work (German cadets on training ship Gorch Fock). Naval
Manoeuvres (German fleet leaves Kiel for exercises)
(There was no Super Gazette for July 1934)
August 1934
SB/40004 Signor Mussolini welcomes Herr Hitler in Venice, Royal
Ascot. Trooping the Colour, Third Test Match. Henley Finals. Car
Testing in Chicago, R.A.F. Pageant, French Grand Prix. Open Golf
Championship. Wimbledon Tennis Finals.
September.1934.
SB/40005 Cricket-1734. Cricket-1934. "Endeavour" off to
America, Opening Mersey Tunnel. French Naval Manoeuvres. The
Death of Dr. Dollfuss. Italian Troops in Training. The Passing of
von Hindenburg. British Empire Games.
October. 1934
SB/40006 Camerons take up Guard Duties at Buckingham Palace.
Flight in Stratosphere. Three Thousand Feet under the Sea.
Brixham Regatta. Lakeland Sports. Royal Braemar. Covent Garden
Porters' Sports Day. Ards Circuit Tourist Race. Beauty Queens at
Hastings. Carrara Mine Explosion.
November 1934
SB/40007 The American liner "Morrow Castle" Disaster.
World's Featherweight Boxing. Launching of Cunard-White Star
liner 534 "Queen Mary". Civil War in Saylesville USA.
England v. Wales Football Match. SS "Penelope" leaves
for Antarctic Exploration Trip. Wonder Pumping Plant of the Fens.
Japanese Feast of Lanterns. H.R.H Prince George and His
Bride-to-be Princess Marina of Greece.
December 1934
SB/40008 London-Melbourne Air Race. Boomerang Fliers Return. The
Assassination of King Alexander. The New Jugo-Slavian King.
Mid-Atlantic Air Crash. Kennel Club Show. The Cambridgeshire.
Fascist Celebration in Rome. Breaking Motor Racing Records.
Outboard Motor-boat Racing. Manchester-Blackpool Walking Race.
Record Run by Streamline Train.
January 1935
SB/40009 Remembrance Day in London and Paris. Italian Footballers
visit England. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. London-Melbourne Air
Race last stage. Air Record Breakers Return. Midget and Mammoth
Airplanes. Aircraft Carriers squeeze through Panama Canal. Lord
Mayor's Show. Veteran Car Club Rally. Captain Ulm. Italian Mass
Marriage. The Royal Wedding.
Fehruarv 1935.
SB/40010 Olympia Circus. The Saar Plebiscite. U.S.A. Army v. Navy
at Football. Testing Railway Engine. Germany's New Liner. Passing
of Cardinal Bourne. New Speed Record. Australian Eucharistic
Congress. A Peace Agreement signed.
March 1935.
SB/40011 The Saar Plebiscite. Vesuvious in Eruption. Rugby
International. Cat and Dog Show. 'Plane Crash. Colmore Trial.
Austrian Winter Sports. Neusel v. Petersen Fight. Malcolm
Campbell leaves for Daytona.
April 1935.
SB/40012 "Macon" Disaster. The Saar Plebiscite. Latest
Fire-fighter. Boulder Dam. Pirate Chaser. Riviera Gaiety. Frisky
Winner. Greek Revolt. Spanish Shipwreck. World Speed Record.
Propellers for "Normandie". Old Time Custom.
May 1935
SB/40013 Second Royal Levee. Lincolnshire Handicap.
"Air-raid" on Berlin. Grand National. Mr. Eden in
Moscow. University Boat Race. Royalty in Barrow. Association
Football International. Paris Horse Show. Jubilee Review
Rehearsal.
June 1935
SB/40014 Cup Final. Latest Air Transport. Van Horse Parade. Sweep
Drum Fire. Italian Manoeuvres. Archbishop Enthroned. Brussels
Exhibition. Scouts' March Past. Air Graduation Test.
"Normandie" first trials. Royal Silver Jubilee - State
Drive and Celebrations.
July 1935
SB/40015 Passing of Col. Lawrence. Abyssinian Troops. Shelsley
Walsh Hill Climb. First "Normandie" Trip. Harwich
Regatta. Fleet Visits London. Coaching Meet. Costers' Church
Parade. Trooping the Colour. Swedish Royal Wedding. Bahran's
Derby.
August 1935
SB/40016 "Mauritania" Scrapped. Petersen v. Neusel
return match. Blue Riband Captured. Kiel Regatta. Aldershot
Tattoo Rehearsal. Wimbledon Finals. Endurance Flight. Floods in
America. R.A.F. Royal Review. Ill-fated plane flight.
September 1935
SB/40017 The Army Review. Old Style Travel. New Car Records.
Latest in Aircraft. Naval Review. Tidworth Tattoo. The Prince at
Jersey. Cowes Regatta. The King commands Fleet Exercise.
October 1935
SB/40018 Football Begins. Royal Holiday. Flying Fleas. Marines at
Buckingham Palace. Liner Collision. Berlin Radio Exhibition Fire.
Boys' International Golf. Funeral of Queen Astrid of Belgium. Boo
Boo and Jubilee.
November 1935
SB/40019 London Wharf Fire. Royal Braemar Gathering. Florida
Hurricane. Land Speed Record~Breaking. Motor-Boat Racing. World's
Fastest Train. Marines in the City All Blacks' First Match. War
Clouds Break. R.A.C. Tourist Trophy Race.
December 1935
SB/40020 Last Voyage of "Olympic". Daring Car Display.
Winged "War" in America. Montana Earthquake Damage.
Lord Mayor's Show. The Royal Wedding. Wedding Gifts. Funeral of
Lord Carson. Blazing Ship in Mersey.
Januarv 1936
SB/40021 Stratosphere record. King of Hellenes leaves London.
Commander to be for the "Queen Mary". Duke and Duchess
of Gloucester Hunting. Oil for "Queen Mary". England v.
Germany Football Match. Rubbernecks on Broadway. Eton Wall Game.
First meeting of New Cabinet. Armistice Day.
Februarv 1936
SB/40022 Thames in Flood. Scottish Curling. Lindberghs
arrive. Snowy England. Olympia Circus. Training Lions. M.C.C. in
Australia. All Blacks v. Wales and England.
March 1936.
SB/40023 Table Mountain Ablaze. French Floods. Proclamation
of new King. Royal Funeral. Davis Cup Tennis Draw. Wreck Blown
Up. Monte Carlo Rally Finals. Intense cold in USA. Sports
Dispute. Oil tanker launched at Clydebank.
April 1936
SB/40024 New Zeppelin. Dockland Fire. Ellesworth Saved. Skidding
Thrills. The "Majestic" Cape return flight. Farming in
the Snow. Olympic winners. German Troops enter Rhineland.
May 1936.
SB/40025. The Boat Race. Grand National Finish. Crack US Trains.
Burial of Earl Beatty. England v. Scotland at Twickenham.
"L'Atlantique" scrapped. "Hindenburg" in
flight. "Queen Mary" leaves for the sea. "Queen
Mary" reaches the Solent.
June 1936.
SB/40026. Motor Racing at Brooklands. Gerrnany's new
double-decker train. "Queen of Sail" aground. Circus
prepares for the Road. H.M. inspects Royal Horse Guards. Dionne
Quintuplets learn to dance. May Day in Berlin. Amy Mollinson
lands in Croydon after record Cape flight. Bird Man in flight.
July 1936.
SB/40027 Dionne Quintuplets' Birthday Party. The Shelsley Walsh
Hill Climb. The Emperor of Abyssinia arrives. Queen Mary's Maiden
Voyage. The Derby. Aldershot Tattoo Rehearsal. Bo'ness car Trial.
Coronation proclamation. Hendon Air Display Rehearsal.
August 1936.
SB/40028 Trooping of the Colour. Light-Weight T.T. Races. Model
Speedboat Meeting. Practice for the Olympic Games. Air Force
Display. England v. Australian Rugby League Football. Bristol Zoo
Apiary. Wimbledon Tennis Finals. The Guards New Colours.
Sentember 1936.
SB/40029 Dionne Quins gardening. Spanish Civil War. Vimy
Memorial unveiled. 11th Olympiad. Royal Palace Guards. Navy Week
Rehearsal.
October 1936
SB/40030 East to West Flyers arrive. Mrs. Markham's reception in
New York. Giant Flying Boat takes the Air. Ards Circuit T.T.
Spanish Civil War. Salved Warship. Safety First Measures in S.
Africa. Mother and Baby Bears at Play. Troops leave for
Palestine.
November 1936
SB/40031 Boulder Dam Opened. US Air Pageant. South Africa Empire
Exhibition. The Quins again. Altitude Record won. New Style
Physical Training. Fleet Gun Practice. Auto-Giro Cum Car. High
Power Eye Power.
December 1936.
SB/40032 Paris mock Air Attack. New Type Bomber. J Mollinson
Arrives. Lord Mayor's Show. Commodore Sir E. Britten Buried at
Sea. Remembrance Day. Another Forth Bridge. Roosevelt Speedway.
His Majesty with the Fleet.
January 1937
SB/40033 Crystal Palace Blaze. World's Wonder Bridge (San
Francisco). Mishap Ship Launch of "Orcades". Police
Demonstration. Eagle recaptured. Peace Alliance. Balloon Party at
Zoo. New Speed Record. Foord v. Neusel.
February 1937
SB/40034 Dionne Quintuplets Christmas. Dutch Marriage
Juliana-Bernhard. Underground Fire in Berlin. Ceremony
"Prince of Wales" Ship. Earthquake Damage. Holy River
Ganges. Mountain Rescue. New Locomotive "King George
VI".
March 1937.
SB/40035 The New Princess. Hill of the Angels, (Spanish Civil
War). Premier Duke Weds. Petersen v. Neusel. Floods in American.
Fury of the Sea. Sit-down Strike. Quins in the Snow.
April 1937.
SB/40036 A Plague of Locusts at Johannesburg. The King's first
Levee. Farr v. Foord Championship Fight. Preparing Paris
Exhibition. In the London Zoo Aquarium. A New Light Plane
demonstration. The Crowns of England. H.M. the King at Buckingham
Palace.
May 1937
SB/40037 Fenland Floods. School Explosion in Texas. "Ark
Royal" Launched. Japan-London Flyers Arrive. Battersea Park
Rail Smash. The Queen's Coronation Train. Australian Coronation
Contingent arrives. Hazardous Lighthouse Relief. Oxford win Boat
Race. The Lincolnshire. The Grand National.
June 1937
SB/40038 Charmingly informal pictures of the Royal Family in the
grounds of Buckingham Palace. The King Unveils the Windsor
memorial to his Father. Anzac Day at the Cenotaph, The Royal
Coronation Coach. Television Tests. The New Stamps. Scouts at
Windsor. Chelsea Bridge Opened. The Coronation Procession.
July 1937
SB/40039 The "Hindenburg" crashes in flames. Official
Royal Coronation Groups. Basque Refugee Children arrive. Their
Majesties attend Empire Day Service. Epsom Derby. R.A.C. Car
Race. North Pole Camp Expedition. Knights of the Garter Meet at
Windsor.
August 1937
SB/40040 Hendon R.A.F. Display. Ex-Servicemen and Women Royal
Review. Empire Air Mail Inaugurated. New Colours for Scots
Guards. Two-Way Atlantic Flights. Festival of Youth at Wembley.
Wimbledon Tennis Finals. The King and Queen in Scotland.
September 1937
SB/40041 At Caernarvon. The "Mayo" Plane. Fire
Headquarters. Russians Fly over the Pole. Royal visitor to Boy's
Camp. Vogelanzang. Tortoise racing. Egypt's King. Royal Holiday
Making.
October 1937
SB/40042 Dorothy Round married. East Indies volcano erupts.
Robert Taylor arrives in U.K. The St. Leger. Gypsy Wedding.
London Market Sports. England's T.T. The peace is threatened.
November 1937
SB/40043 Pet's Zoo Parade. Danish Bridge Opens. R.A.F. Fire
Guard. Sheep Dipping. Anti-Aircraft Territorials. The old ship
Discovery. Racing at Newmarket. Kane v. Lynch at Glasgow.
December 1937
SB/40044 State Opening of Parliament. Neusel v. Strickland.
Children's Safety First for Traffic. Flying record broken (Jean
Batten). New cruiser "H.M.S. Gloucester". Lord Mayor's
Show. Shanghai Falls. Dick Sheppard Funeral.
January 1938.
SB/40045 Whirling Girls. Mother Elephant. French Visitors. R.A.F.
Seaplane Flight. King in Cornwall. Scottish Train Disaster.
Bicycle Race. Toilers of the Sea (fishermen in Breton)
February 1938
SB/40046 Wright Memorial. Franco Rebuilds. Unending Drought in
South Africa. Play Up Arsenal. Prince Paul of Greece Wedding.
Vesuvious Erupts (this item actually not included) .
Circus Rehearsal. Welsh Rugby Match. Comedy football in Berlin.
March 1938
SB/40047 Hail Beatrix in Holland. Horseless R.H.A. Modern
Infantry. Schmeling v. Foord. Australia 150 Anniversary. Japan
enters China. The Cresta Run. New R.A.F. Bomber.
April 1938
SB/40048 Pick-a-Back Plane. New Eastern Base. New Royal Seal.
Hockey - Canada v. England. Speedboat Regatta. Maharajah Jubilee.
Games of the Empire. Sea Invasion in Norfolk. Barcelona bombed.
May 1938
SB/40049 Rugby Match at Twickenham. Germany Expands. Lynch v.
Kane. The Boat Race. U.S.A. Floods. Ocean Drama (Trawler
"Pegaway"). Grand National.
June 1938
SB/40050. The Cup Final. U.S. Army Day. Rome Affairs. Royal Corp
of Signals Display. Midget Car Racing. Italy's Navy.
"Layfayette" Ablaze in Dock. Empire Exhibition in
Scotland.
July 1938
SB/40051 The Derby Stakes. Dutch Christening. The Tower's
Constable. Tactics in the Air. Guards' Trooping.
August 1938
SB/40052 His Majesty with the Fleet. Tennis of the 1870's.
Business men Mount Guard at Buckingham Palace. Police Sports at
Hendon. Queen Mary's Visit to the Tower of London. Boxing Match -
Benny Lynch v. Jurich. Speedway Crash in Australia. Girl Guides
at Windsor Castle.
September 1938
SB/40053 New "Mauritania". Royal Holidays. Bombing of
Hankow. Wembley Swimming Champions. The Fourth Test. Royal Camp
Visit. The "Wrong Way" Flyer. Trained Eagles.
October 1938
SB/40054 Mountain Motor Race. Windsor Funeral. Cobb's Land Speed
Record. Tunny Fishing. New "Graf Zeppelin". The New
Cunarder. Fire Outbreak in Australia. The Peace Maker.
November 1938
SB/40055 International Crisis. Into Sudentenland. "Queen
Elizabeth". Dynamiting a River. The Composite Plane. Uncle
Sam's Cavalry. Army Motor Cyclists. Hurricane Sweeps U.S.A.
Herring Fisher at Yarmouth.
Decemiber 1938
SB/40056 Marseille's Fire. Phillip Island. Football International
Match. State Opening of Parliament. Horses Fight It Out.
Armistice Day. Siegfried Line. Royal Visitors.
January 1939
SB/40057 Maginot Line. Daredevil Crash. Film Colony Fire.
Palestine Today. Parachute Safety. Parade in Moscow. A Bear on
Skates.
Februarv 1939
SB/40058 Circus Highlights. Daladier's Triumphant
Tour.Lighter Than Ever K2. Bondi Beach. Preparing H.M.S.
"Repulse". Premier in Rome. Thrills on Skates. Crazy
Automobiles.(Pathécope announced this item - Crazy
Automobiles - but not included)
March 1939
SB/40059 March of Misery in Spain. Fire in the Bush. At Berlin
Zoo. Rugby - England v. Wales. Ipswich Floods. Aldershot Military
Occasion. Unusual Juggling. Pope Pius XI.
April 1939
SB/40060 Franco in Barcelona, Wings of the Navy. Election of the
Pope. Battleship Launched. Air Raid Precautions. New South Wales
Police Carnival. China Acrobatics.
May 1939
SB/40061 State Visit of French President. Artillery Demonstration
at Larkhill. Farr v. Burman Boxing Match. Italy's Invasion of
Albania. Finals for Paperweight Pugilists. New Drill for
Infantry. The Grand National.
June 1939
SB/40062 Wembley Cup Final. Windsor Scout rally. N.Y. World's
Fair. New Fire Extinguisher. All-In Wrestling. Royal Canadian
Tour.
July 1939
SB/40063 Their Majesties, the King and Queen, arrive in Canada.
Blackpool's Tower gets a new coat of paint. Rescue of Survivors
from Sunken U.S. Submarine. Wooderson breaks the Three Quarters
of a mile record. Royal Review of London's Fire Fighters. Motor
Gymkhana at Brooklands. Hunting the Fox in Australia.
August 1939.
SB/40064 National Service Rally. International Polo. Navy off
France. America's Secret Gun. Poland's day of Freedom. Chicago's
Trick Cyclists. Wooderson's Mile of the Century. Royal Wedding in
Italy.
September 1939
SB/40065 Trooping of the Colour in Three's. The Davis Escape
Apparatus. The "Mauretania" comes to London. The War in
China. French National fete. Flight Fuelling Mid-Air.
October 1939 (This was the very last one)
SB/40066 The River Severn Bore. H.M.S. "Formidable"
launches herself. Home Defence Air Exercises. War! - On the Home
Front.
(No more Gazette releases were mentioned in the next
Pathéscope Monthly magazines, (there was the little problem of
World War 11!), although 9.5mm film historian Maurice Trace notes
in an article in the Group 9.5 magazine (No.140 Winter 2009/2010)
that Gazettes for November and December 1939 were logged in the
Pathéscope Register (the company's private 9.5mm film release
schedule). However no copies of these (SB/40067 & SB/40068 I
suppose) are known to have been produced)
(Based on an original catalogue produced by the late Cecil Cramp assisted by Pat Moules)
(correct box, but not the original label on "News Review
of 1958")
From 1936 through to 1958 Pathéscope issued an annual news review. Although listed in their catalogues (and in my own web-site listings) as "News Review 1956" etc. the films were often actually titled "Pathé Gazette Reviews the News of 1941" or "Review of the Year 1956" etc. These were a full 300ft "SB" reel; hence all silent releases, except for the last year 1958 when the news review was also issued in 9.5mm optical sound and 8mm silent. (The 9.5mm optical sound release title begins with a "Pathéscope Presents" then cuts to the original Pathé News title as it reads - "Reviews" - "1958" - the best the Pathéscope editor could do without paying for a title card to be filmed!). Whilst these titles also appear in the complete Pathéscope 9.5mm printed films catalogues available on these web pages - this extra listing contains brief details of the news items covered in each edition.
All the news material was edited from the current cinema Pathé newsreels, (it is thought that Pathéscope had free access to the Pathé News material). Pathéscope dated these News Reviews on the main title with the year of the content; naturally they were released by Pathéscope some months into the next year.
Many of these newsreel items were also issued as longer extracts in separate 9.5mm films of various lengths.
I am always interested in copies of titles not already
in my collection or additions/corrections.
Grahame Newnham :- presto @
pathefilm.uk (remove spaces for correct
e-mail address)
PATHÉSCOPE NEWS REVIEWS
News Review 1936
SB/30210 Jan 20th - death of His Majesty King George V; year of
achievement in the air - Tommy Rose smashed the Cape record, Amy
Mollison wrestled it from him. Germany launched her new airship
the "Hindenburg"; March - re-occupation of the
Rhineland by German troops and breaking of the Treaty; the Boat
Race; the Grand National; May - maiden voyage of the "Queen
Mary" and her arrival in New York on June 1st; July -
outbreak of civil war in Spain; August - the Olympic Games in
Berlin; September - trouble for us in Palestine; October - record
breaking in the air.
News Review 1937 (announced February 1938)
SB/30272 The Coronation of King George VI at Westminster Abbey;
the second year of a civil war, in which, no matter who was the
winner, Spain was the loser; Oxford win the Boat Race; the
Sino-Japanese War; the first successful commercial two-way
aeroplane flight between England and America; the loss of the
giant airship "Hindenburg", pride of the
German airfleet; Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade;
Naval Review at Spithead; Tennis at Wimbledon; the "Endeavour"
forging across the Atlantic under her own sail; the Royal Tours
of Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
News Review 1938 (announced February 1939)
SB/30338 A period of unrest and uncertainty; relieved by a few
cheery chapters; it marked the occasion of growing international
tension and the menace of war; the Mayo composite aircraft
successfully passed its tests; the guns of war still boomed in
China and Spain; the launching of the liner "Queen
Elizabeth".
News Review 1939
SB/30434 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary
Lord Halifax visit Italian leader Benito Mussolini; Victory
Parade through Barcelona; Pope Pius X11 elected; French President
state visit to Britain; Grand National; F.A.Cup; The Derby; King
George V1 and Queen Elizabeth visit North America; conscription
introduced; Britain declares war.
News Review 1940 (announced March 1941)
SB/30454 First pictures of the ignominious end of the "Graf
Spee"; Scuttling of the great Nazi liner "Columbus";
Return of the victorious "Ajaz" and "Exeter";
The hell-ship "Altmark" in Josing Fiord";
Their majesties greet the rescued; Royal visit to Clydeside;
Actual pictures of the Battle of Narvik Fiord in progress; The
great beach evacuation of Dunkirk; General de Gaulle, leader of
all Free Frenchmen; Nazis bomb a convoy; Blitzkrieg on England;
R.A.F. repel and claw down the Luftwaffe (the commencement of the
Battle of Britain); U.S. destroyers for England; Greece resists
invasion; Roosevelt re-elected U.S. President; Evacuees go
overseas; Coventry: bloody but not unbowed; London's underground
as night shelter; Middle East onslaught on Italians; This Nation
in uniform.
News Review 1941
SB/30458 Jan: London - the capital still on fire on New Year's
Day after the blitz.; Feb: America-In Washington President
Roosevelt takes the oath of office; March: Norway-British
commandos raid the German held Lofoten Islands; America -
President Roosevelt signs the "Lease and Lend" bill at
the White House; London- Prime Minister Winston Churchill signs
the Atlantic Bases Agreement; April: Matapan- Allies sink the
Italian warship "Vittorio Veneto", two
destroyers and several cruisers; London- Another blitz raid by
German bombers causes great fires and damage; May: Malta- Air
raids and scenes of devastation; Greece- Allied troops withdraw
from the country; North Sea- The Royal Navy hunts the battleship "Bismark";
September: Norway- Raid by British and Canadian commandos on
Spitsbergen; December: Pearl Harbour- Start of the Japanese war
on America..
News Review 1942 - no News Review was issued by
Pathéscope for 1942
News Review 1943
SB/30473 Major conference in Casablanca; Tripoli falls to Allied
forces; Russian troops liberate Stalingrad; RAF 25th birthday
celebrations; battle of the Bismark Sea; Tunis is liberated by
the Allies; King George V1 makes a surprise visit to the troops
in North Africa; Allied army invades Sicily; RAF planes attack
German U-Boat submarines; Italy surrenders; British prisoners of
war return to Britain; conferences in Cairo and Teheran.
News Review 1944
SB/30487 Russian army sweeps to Polish frontier; American planes
bomb Berlin in daylight; USA advance in the Pacific; Rome
occupied; D-Day - Allied troops land on Normandy beaches; V2
Flying Bombs attack London; liberation of Paris; Brussels
liberated; Antwerp liberated; Allied troops cross the Siegfried
Line; German battleship "Tirpitz" is sunk by Allied
planes; Nazi thrust to Meuse halted.
News Review 1945
SB/30489 Russian army advances through Warsaw; President
Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta;
Allied armies take Cologne; Allied troops reach the Rhine after a
massive parachute drop; Concentration Camp horrors; American
President Theodore Roosevelt dies; Russian army enters Berlin; at
Luneberg Heath (near Hamburg) on 4th May, Field Marshall
Montgomery supervises an unconditional surrender treaty signed by
German Admiral von Friedeburg and General Kinzel; VE (Victory In
Europe) Day celebrations in London; footage of leading Nazis who
have died; Atom Bombs dropped on Japan; VJ (Victory Over Japan)
Day celebrations in London; Labour Government elected in Britain;
Quislings are brought to justice; Nuremberg Trials commence;
"thus an end to this" - montage of war scenes.
News Review 1946
SB/30496 United Nations Conference held at Central Hall,
Westminster; General Charles De Gaulle resigns as President of
France; England hit by floods; Oxford defeat Cambridge in the
Boat Race; trouble on the streets in Trieste; FA Cup Final -
Derby play Charlton; Lien Ho a giant panda, arrives at London
Zoo; Japanese war trials; World War 11 Victory Parade in London;
second atomic bomb test; bread rationing in UK; Paris peace
conference; exiled King George 11 is recalled to Greece;
Nuremberg Nazi war criminals trials; liner "Queen
Elizabeth" sails from Southampton for New York after
complete refit; Lord Mayor's procession in London; Royal Command
Film Performance at Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, London;
Swiss mountaineers rescue crashed Dakota passengers; Test Matches
resumed after the war.
News Review 1947
SB/30530 Japanese earthquake kills over 1000; start of South
Africa Royal Tour; heavy snow storms hit Britain; following the
snow - severe flooding; Texas City (USA) disaster kills 567
people; liner "Queen Elizabeth" runs aground; Trooping
the Colour ceremony resumed; large scale floods in China; statue
of Eros is brought back to Piccadilly Circus; India -
Independence Day 15th August; hurrican savages Florida; Croydon
(London) rail crash; Scottish Express train wrecked; Princess
Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.
News Review 1948
SB/30550 Fierce blizzards hit New York; celebrations as Burma is
granted independence; funeral of assassinated Indian leader
Mahatma Ghandi; celebrations in Ceylon as it is granted
independence; troops return from Palestine; farewell ceremony for
troops following India's independence; King George V1 lays wreath
for late American President Theodore Roosevelt; Cambridge win the
Boat Race; Columbia River in America bursts its banks in Oregon;
'My Love' wins the Derby; Ontario forest fires; Berlin Air Lift;
world's largest plane, the Lockheed Constitution makes non-stop
flight across the continent; King George V1 opens the Olympic
Games at Wembley; Queen Juliana new Queen of Holland; Harry
Truman elected President of the USA; Prince Charles, born
November 14th is seen with his parents at Buckingham Palace.
News Review 1949
SB/30558 The great French forest fires; a tribute to Britain's
greatest comedian Tommy Handley; excerpts from the thrilling
Oxford and Cambridge boat race; Bristol Brabazon's successful
maiden flight; a pictorial record of Plymouth's great welcome to
H.M.S. Amethyst; first pictures of the rescue of 13 American
airmen marooned in the Artic; Australian farmers' war on flying
foxes; first pictures from Berlin after winning the blockade
battle; graphic rescue pictures tell the story of the sinking of
the cross-channel steamer "Princess Astrid".
News Review 1950
SB/30579 The Truculent disaster; storm havoc in Sydney; visit
to London of the French President; jet Comet makes aviation
history; Bangkok Royal Wedding; Belgium says no to Leopold;
Knockshinnoch mining disaster; the jet age car; disaster strikes
Canada; welcome to Queen Juliana; christening of Princess Anne;
Britain decides (General Election); Dunkirk memorial ceremony;
Korea - first pictures from Taejon; a tribute to General Smuts;
Inchon landings; a tribute to Bernard Shaw; Mount Etna in
eruption; story of Death Valley in Korea.
News Review 1951
SB/30595 Fruitless search for H.M. submarine "Affray";
H.M. King George VI opens the Festival of Britain; Welcome to
King Haakan of Norway; Trooping the Colour; Princess Margaret's
21st birthday; Oil disaster at Avonmouth; A nation waits and
watches for news of the King's health; Montreal welcomes Their
Royal Highnesses at the start of the Canadian Tour; Britain
decides (General Election); The Glorious Gloucesters arrive home
from Korea; welcome home to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
from Canada; Mr Churchill's birthday.
News Review 1952
SB/30621 The story of the "Flying Enterprise"; Britain
keeps the Suez Canal working; departure of Princess Elizabeth and
the Duke of Edinburgh to East Africa; bush fires in Australia;
the end at the South bank; Koje prisoners defy British; Egyptian
Coup D'Etat; the Lynmouth disaster; John Cobb dies; the
Farnborough tragedy; Harrow rail disaster; Duchess of Kent in
Borneo; Britain explodes Atom Bomb; the death of H.M. King George
VI and the Royal Proclamation.
News Review 1953
SB/30662 The Coronation; Naval Review at Spithead; Royal river
pageant; Mount Everest conquered; air speed records broken; death
of Queen Mary; death of Joseph Stalin; end of the Korean War;
General Dwight Eisenhower installed as new President of America;
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill attends 'big three' talks in
Bermuda; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother tours Rhodesia; the
Queen and Prince Philip leave London Airport for Bermuda as they
start their tour of the West Indies; Earls Court Motor Show;
national petrol crisis; oil deposits found in Exmouth Gulf, North
West Australia; first pictures of surviving siamese twin Baby
Boko.
News Review 1954
SB/30694 Swiss avalanches; Britain hit by freezing weather;
American evangelist BGilly Graham visits Britain; Queen Elizabeth
11 and Prince Philip visit Ceylon during their Commonwealth Tour;
Queen Elizabeth 11 and Prince Philip return from their
Commonwealth Tour sailing up the Thames; at St. George's Chapel,
Windsor, Queen Elizabeth 11 knights Winston Churchill; Geneva
peace talks; Vancouver Commonwealth Games - Roger Banister wins
Mile Race; Roman Temple uncovered in London; Comet airlliner
crashes in sea; Queen Mother gets warm welcome in New York;
storms wreak havoc around UK coast.
News Review 1955 (announced in Feb/Mar 1956)
SB/30730 Snow, hurricanes and floods plus the the unbelievable
British heatwave; economic setbacks of a newspaper; rail strike;
Princess Margaret's visit to the West Indies; tragedy of the Le
Mans motor racing accident; goodwill exchange visits of the
British and Soviet fleets; the fantastic Flying Bedstead and the
unique Flying Mattress. resignation of two great leaders, Sir
Winston Churchill and Mr Atlee; excitement of the General
Election; worrying unrest in Cyprus; women of Britain sales
hunting; Royal Family serving at a village bazaar; triu,ph of
Donald Campbell's water speed record; triumphant round the world
flight of Comet III.
News Review 1956. (announced in Feb/Mar 1957)
SB/30783 The conflict in Budapest; invasion of Egypt by the
Allies; Peter Twiss breaks the world air speed record in a Fairy
Delta 2 - 1132 miles per hour; the Grand National which proved a
disastrous event for Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Dick Francis
the jockey and the loyal public who supported Devon Loch; the
wedding of Princes Rainier and Grace Kelly; the Royal visit of
Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to Nigeria, the
visit to London by Bulgarin and Khrushchev; Donald Campbell
achieving the world's water speed record in Bluebird.;
News Review 1957 (announced Feb/Mar 1958)
9/35 Prince Philip visits Antarctica; Giant new radio telescope
at Jodrell Bank; Russia sends Sputnik II rocket into space with
husky dog Laika; Britain's first hydrogen bomb exploded above
Christmas Island in the Pacific; Eight year old Prince Charles
arrives at Cheam School where he is to be a border; Footballer
Stanley Mathews receives his CBE from Queen Elizabeth II;
Stirling Moss wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza; Queen
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit America; Queen Elizabeth II
and Prince Philip make a state visit to France.
News Review 1958 (announced April/May 1959 - This was
the very last one)
9/61 (9.5mm silent) - 8/61 (8mm silent) - T/9763 (9.5mm
optical sound) Sir Edmund Hillary and Dr. Fuchs arrive at New
Zealand after making history with the Trans-Antarctic Expedition;
Target the moon! Will it be achieved soon?; U.E. Submarine
"Nautilus" sails beneath the North Pole for 2,000
miles; ZETA at Harwell applies the peaceful principles of the
"H" bomb, using sea water. Unlimited economical power
is within men's grasp; Comet IV enters the Atlantic service,
bringing more prestige to British aviation; The 'bus strike hits
London for seven weeks, but life carries on; Smithfield Market
has one of London's worst fires since the Blitz; Baghdad - King
Feisal and his uncle assassinated as a result of a milltary coup
d'etat; The American Marines land at the request of the Lebanese
Government to avoid a similar revolution to the one that took
place in Iraq; King Hussein of Jordan invites British Paratroops
to temporarily police his country as a precautionary measure; The
Cyprus problem still unsolved and the casualty list grows higher;
"Hard Ridden" wins the Derby brilliantly - Charlie
Smirke's fourth Derby win; The Queen reviews the Territorial Army
in its Golden Jubilee Year, and the weather is far from golden!;
President Heuss of West Germany makes a State Visit to England;
Pope John XXIII crowned in Rome; General de Gaulle takes over the
reins in France; Sir Winston Churchill is invested with the Cross
of Liberation by his old war-time ally, General de Gaulle; The
Queen opens Parliament - television and film cameras record the
event for the first time in modern history.
(No more News Reviews were issued by Pathéscope as the recently formed Pathéscope (Great Britain) Ltd went into receivership in 1960. At the time they were considering a news film release of Princess Margaret's wedding to Lord Snowdon; but in any event although a reformed Pathéscope (London) Ltd appeared from the ashes, no more UK printed 9.5mm films were released by Pathéscope)
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10May2010 Scanned typos corrected and additions - thanks Maurice
Trace!
03August2010 Annual News Review details added where known!
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24August2013 Extra News Review data added - thanks to Maurice
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