News In A Nutshell (1936)

News in a Nutshell. Intertitle - ’California’ (America, USA). Navy Day. L/S of the American fleet out in the Pacific. M/S as aeroplanes lay smoke screens on the water. Various shots as they turn and sail through it. M/S from the deck of one ship as it sails into the smoke. L/S as they come through the other side. L/S aerial shot of the crew of the Lexington on deck, they have formed themselves into the word “NAVY“. L/S as they break up and run away. M/S of the crew, narrator says “listen boys what would you say if I told you there were never to be another war“, they all take their hats off and cheer. Intertitle - ’Westminster Abbey’ (London) - M/S of Lord Hewitt, Lord Chief Justice, walking in procession with other judges to mark start of legal year, people watch. The camera pans over them. Intertitle - ’Washington’ (America, USA). L/S of new autogyro coming into land on lawn, it looks like a helicopter. M/S’s as a man folds its wings back. M/S as it drives down the road with people watching,
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