Yesterday's Newsreel King Edward Viii Fan Dancing Nc-4 & Flying Boats (1925)

Synopsis

This Yesterday’s Newsreel film (episode 30) offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people and events from the first half of the 20th century. The episode starts with a segment on England’s King Edward VIII, the king who was never crowned. King Edward VII climbs into a carriage with his wife in 1908. The young Prince of Wales officiates his first ceremony (01:34), congratulates Allied leaders after the surrender of the German Navy, and enjoys a New York City ticker tape parade. He is shown meeting with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Undersecretary Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1928, Edward reviews the Seaforth Highlanders (03:12). He is shown walking behind the casket of his father during the funeral procession of George V (03:52). The segment ends with the coronation of Edward’s brother George VI. In the next segment, viewers see the 1934 Fan Dancers Convention in San Diego, where a delegate from New York proposes limits to the size of fans used in the dancing (04:53). Sally Rand demonstrates the fan dance with two feathered fans. Next, viewers see Belgian Cardinal Desire-Joseph Mercier with New York’s Archbishop Patrick Hayes in New York City (05:47). Spanish-born opera singer Lucrezia Bori visits Atlanta and tries her hand at golf. Ed Sullivan presents Tyrone Power and Jeanette MacDonald with the crowns for winning the titles of Queen and King of Cinema. In the segment on aviation, viewers see the…

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12 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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