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- "Gaumont Graphic newsreels were exhibited as part of larger cinema programmes from 1910 to 1932, when Gaumont Sound News was launched (superseded by Gaumont British News in 1934)."
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Gaumont-British was founded in 1898 as the British subsidiary of the French Gaumont Film Company. In 1910, Gaumont Graphic Studios were at Shepherds Bush, in London. In 1914, the Gaumont-British film studios were opened, then completely rebuilt for sound, re-opening on 29 June 1932.
History. Gaumont British News was first released in January 1934, as a replacement for the Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont Sound News, and ran until January 1959.
Universal News had been largely absorbed by Gaumont-British News since the war, and ended in 1956, while Gaumont-British News itself evolved naturally into a colour cinemagazine entitled Look at Life, in 1959.
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Feb 10, 2014 · For a century the French Gaumont and Pathé companies (both established in the 1890s) were the greatest rivals, and it still feels extraordinary that the two should have finally combined (in 2003) to create this huge newsreel archive (which also includes films of the French Éclair Journal).
Gaumont British: 1934-1959. The world’s first news agency to distribute daily news via satellite, began as the British Commonwealth International Newsfilm Agency (BCINA) in 1957.
Featured Period: 1939-1945. Production Date: 1940-12. Production Country: GB.
The first official issue of Gaumont Sound News was launched on 11th November 1929 and focused on one of the popular newsreel events, Armistice Day.
