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3:23Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1928
Location: England, United Kingdom
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: London:
SLATE INFORMATION: Sir Charles Batho congratulates Col A.C. Bromhead, the Chairman of the Gaumont Co.
Sir Charles Batho, Mayor of London shakes hands with A.C. Bromhead, the Gaumont Chairman / Signing of official document
INTERTITLE: 'The Flight of Time' ((title seen over clock with whirring hands):
To commemorate the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Gaumont Company, Gaumont Graphic reviews the amazing changes and achievements during this era of progress. (title words seen over Gaumont flower logo)
Old Ways - New Ways . Some quick contrasts (title words seen over clouds)
Tall sail ship / Steamship / Horse and carriage through street / Steam car / Fire truck/ Aeroplane / Biplane takes off / Horse and carriage along / Motor vehicles /
INTERTITLE: MODERN MAGIC: X-RAY MARVELS: Once 'hairbrained theories - now commonplace: X-RAY Marvels (title words seen over clouds)
Woman's arm bending in front of camera / X-ray pictures of arm bending / X-Ray of hand / X-ray of foot in shoe
INTERTITLE: The miracle of Broadcasting
Radio mast / Large woman singing with man playing piano in background
INTERTITLE: And now Mr Baird introduces TELEVISION!
Early television machine, Logie Baird adjusts control / In round viewer, a ventriloquoist and dummy
INTERTITLE: The emancipation of WOMAN: Through the years of amazing FASHION CHANGES to Health and Freedom: When 'bustle' didn't mean hustle (title words seen over clouds)
Model in early Edwardian fashion wearing large blouse and hat / Model in Edwardian dress TILT UP
Hand spins top on table
Model in Edwardian bustle dress TILT UP
INTERTITLE: Miss a few years (title words seen over clouds)
Women in Edwardian outdoor fashion by pond with muffs and feathered hats
INTERTITLE: Pre-war 'quality' -
Woman and man walking wearing middle to upper class Edwardian clothes
INTERTITLE: The years pass - so, gradually, does
Woman in 1910s evening dress with fan / Women in 1920s clothes
INTERTITLE: Still more recent yet she doesn't show a leg
Model in 1910s clothes / Second model in 1910s dress
INTERTITLE And - today
1920s models in underwear and fading into 1920s dayclothes
TILT UP beauty contest winner in swimsuit, sash reading 'Modern Venus 1928' / Women in contemporary short clothes, over the knee
Close up of hand trying to light lighter unsuccessfully / Motorbikes on track / Hare racing, dogs let go from traps
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