NEWSREEL NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 29, 3 August 1939, Page 21

NEWSREEL NEWS

Metrotone News, at the Majestic Theatre, Tomorrow: Japanese use barbed wire in blockading British concession at Tientsin. . . . United States Army -demonstrates new long-range gun. . . . Mail delivery from aeroplanes in flight perfected by U.S. farmer. . . . Fifteen American bombers on test flight to Honolulu. . . . Passengers weigh in at New York for first Atlantic passenger flight. . . . National fencing championships at San Francisco. Pathe Gazette, at St. James Theatre, Tomorrow: Royal wedding in Italy. . . . Unique bicycles in Chicago. . . . The defence of Jibuti. . . . Duke and Duchess of Kent unveil memorials at Liverpool. .. . Duchess of Kent opens new airport at Birmingham. . . . Open golf championship at St. Andrews. . . . Boy Scouts at the New York World Fair. . . . Duchess of Kent renames cruiser H.M.A.S. Perth at Portsmouth. . . . Canadian Mounties' display at New York World Fair. Paramount (British) News, at the Regent Theatre, Today: Five months' rent strike of 320 tenants in London suburb ends in peaceful settlement. . . . Firemen fight riverside blaze in London. . . . Unemployed men make money dredging for lead shot near Denver. . . . £15.000.000 canal in Holland bursts its banks. . . . Twenty-one years after Scapa Flow sinking, French and German navies stand by again in pictures in the Mediterranean and North Sea. . . . Exhibition of Royal and historic treasures at their Majesties' old home, 145 Piccadilly, London. . . . Open golf championship at St. Andrews ends in victory for Englishman Burton. . . . King reviews 20,000 National Service volunteers from all over Britain. Cinesound News, Majestic Theatre, Tomorrow: Australian destroyer Stalwart is sunk off Sydney Heads. . . . Giant crane handles British-built 21,000 h.p. motor weighing 90 tons. . . . Ancient art of falconry in Australia. . . . Caring for sick at Royai Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. . . . Jack Wilson, world-famous boxer, in training. .. . One hundred English boys come out to Barnardo's settlement in New South Wales. Fox Australasian News, King's and Plaza Theatres, Tomorrow: Old destroyer Stalwart is scuttled off Sydney Heads. . . . American stunt artist Rube Heffernon is tied to-a motor-cycle and pulled round by his neck. .. . Captain P. G. Taylor returns from Indian Ocean survey flight and discusses route. . . . New Zealand Government establishes game farm at Rotorua, where pheasants and ducks are bred to ensure future supply. . . . Two thousand spectators see Bill Bolger lose to Yon Nida by one stroke in golf play-off at Sydney. . . . Aston brothers star in Dudley Cup polo.