MINIATURE TALKIE.
FOR DUKE OF GLOUCESTER. Before the Duke of Gloucester left England for Australia and New Zealand he had a private demonstration of the new British "Suitcase" talkie apparatus, and ordered installation of a set in his private suite on board H.M.S. Sussex for his own use. He also ordered a quantity of talkie films -which he selected himself from the wide range of films in the studio library. After a few minutes' instruction in the working of the apparatus at the private demonstration he showed a surprising knowledge of the technical side of a miniature talkie set and in a few minutes was able to work the set single handed. When he had. selected his films the Duke was amused to find that he had choeen 97, and laughingly took three more at random to complete, as ha said, his "century." After the "century" celebrations in Melbourne, the Duke of Gloucester will return to England in H.M.A.S. Australia, the big Australian cruiser, to which his private talkie set will be transferred from the Sussex.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 267, 10 November 1934, Page 5 (Supplement)
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176MINIATURE TALKIE. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 267, 10 November 1934, Page 5 (Supplement)
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