Five Reigns Reel 6 (1930 1939)
Material assembled for an uncompleted documentary probably put together in the late 1940s. Sound is intermittent throughout. There is no complete shot listing please let Pathe know if you spot something we have missed. NB: reels have been transferred to digi in an incorrect order. Reel 5 follows reel 6. This reel covers events in the 1930s. Commander Byrd returns from his trip to the South Pole. Parades and celebrations. A woman wins shooting competition at Bisley Mrs Muriel Foster. She is carried through the streets sitting in a chair (this is a tradition for the winner of the King s Prize). Sequence showing R 101 in flight then shots of the wreckage. The liner Empress of Scotland is seen on fire. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Kent are seen in Buenos Aires. Large crowds are there to greet them. Around the World Flight aviators are Harold Gatty and Wiley Post. Gandhi arrives somewhere by plane. Sir Thomas Lipton. Lindbergh baby Opening of Sydney Bridge, Australia man o
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