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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...area of 24 sq. mi. were assembled 277 ships ranging from the world's greatest warship, the 42,000-ton battle cruiser Hood, to a proud delegation of British herring trawlers. Wardroom statisticians quickly figured that the 143 British warships in line alone displaced 670,000 tons, cost British taxpayers...
...teau de Cande last week through the broadcast of his brother's Coronation (see p. 15). Acting as unofficial press representative, the Duke's faithful U. S. friend, Herman Rogers, issued to newshawks genteel snippets of information: legally changing Mrs. Simpson's name had cost $2.50. . . . Mrs. Warfield had put aside Ernest Simpson's engagement ring for a new emerald from the Duke. ... On Coronation night there was a dinner and card party at the chateau...
...which will cross the Atlantic in June and on which Owner Sopwith will live this summer, using a 28-ft. runabout now being built by Gar Wood as a tender. Philante is "the most luxurious motor yacht afloat." She is 263 ft., 1.612 tons, has a crew of 50, cost $1,250,000. The interior, designed by Mrs. Sopwith, contains a tiled swimming pool, gymnasium, eight guest staterooms and a hospital. When he goes "out to the States" in June, Skipper Sopwith will sail in the Queen Mary...
Television. At Hyde Park Corner, on the return route of the Procession, the most modern communication system of all was brought into play-Television. In its most ambitious experiment yet, B. B. C. trained three filmless scanning cameras connected with the central transmitting station by cable costing $5,000 per mile. An estimated audience of 50,000 televiewers in an area of 7,500 sq. mi. watched the screens of their little receiving sets (average cost: $400) as the Procession passed, the King & Queen bowed close up, the excited Princesses waved and giggled. By no means perfect, this visual report...
...Take It With You, to which the movie rights cost $200,000, and 57 other features (Columbia...