GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS camera and sound recording crews

GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS camera and sound recording crews

GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS camera and sound recording crews ready to record the sound newsreels which after editing and descriptive commentary will be shown in cinemas. Date:

GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS camera and sound recording crews

GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS camera and sound recording crews

GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS camera and sound recording crews ready to record sound newsreels, which after editing and descriptive commentary will be shown in cinemas. The two nearest cars are Rolls Royce Phantom 40/50s with Sedanca de Ville car bodies converted for news use and beyond are two Vauxhall vans. Photo c1933 Date:

NEWS FILMS

NEWS FILMS

NEWS FILMS commonly known as NEWSREELS were a common feature of many cinema programmes until the widespread ownership of television sets, which showed live news as it happened rendered film newsreels which were showing news several days or longer after the events, redundant

IN THE LATE 1950s AND THE 1960s MANY CINEMAS TRIED SWITCHING

IN THE LATE 1950s AND THE 1960s MANY CINEMAS TRIED SWITCHING

IN THE LATE 1950s AND THE 1960s MANY CINEMAS TRIED SWITCHING TO 'CONTINENTAL' FILMS HOPING THAT THE DECLINE IN ATTENDANCES MIGHT BE HALTED OR SLOWED BY THE PROMISE OF SEEING MORE SEXUALLY DARING MATERIAL. THIS CINEMA IN ABERDEEN WAS OPENED IN 1936 AS THE NEWS CINEMA, SHOWING THE LATEST NEWS FILMS [NEWSREELS] PUNCTUATED WTH DOCUMENTARY, TRAVEL, COMEDY AND CARTOON SHORT FILMS AND CHANGED TO THE CURZON IN 1959. IN THE LATE 1950s AND THE 1960s MANY CINEMAS TRIED SWITCHING TO 'CONTINENTAL' FILMS HOPING THAT THE DECLINE IN ATTENDANCES MIGHT BE HALTED OR SLOWED BY THE PROMISE OF SEEING MORE SEXUALLY DARING MATERIAL. THIS CINEMA IN ABERDEEN WAS OPENED IN 1936 AS THE NEWS CINEMA, SHOWING THE LATEST NEWS FILMS

CASTLETON KNIGHT British film producer. Head of Gaumont-Bri

CASTLETON KNIGHT British film producer. Head of Gaumont-Bri

CASTLETON KNIGHT British film producer. Head of Gaumont-British and Universal newsreels