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...sailors who normally man British-owned whaling ships not only struck but prisoned this British commercial fleet in the deep narrow harbor of the Sandefjord. As the ships lay at anchor, their funnels cold and smokeless, pale-eyed Norwegian seamen in blue jerseys leaned against lamp posts on the quay, seemingly convinced that the British Navy would not invade the Sandefjord...
...last minute visit to the Queen Mary before her maiden voyage (see col. 3). At the controls was his longtime personal pilot, unassuming Flight Lieutenant Edward H. Fielden. Queen Mary and other members of the royal family had come down by train, were already at the quay-side as King Edward's plane landed. For five hours the public was kept away as the royal family went over the ship from stem to stern, lunched together in private. Irrepressible Princess Elizabeth loudly demanded to be shown the children's nursery, screamed with excitement when she was allowed...
...they objected to their names being used, to whom would they object?" a Senator asked Quay C. Haller, A. G. & E. representative from York...
...European newsreel crews, some with sound trucks, were allowed to swarm so close to the King and French Foreign Minister Barthou that an intruder would never have been noticed. As the automobile carrying Alexander and M. Barthou moved out of range of the sound trucks at the quay, cameramen seized portable machines and trotted after it. There they were when a man jumped on the running board of the car and opened fire. A French cameraman fell with a bullet in his leg. Paramount's close-up camera was kicked over in the mêleé. Fox Movietone...
...down mercilessly upon white mud walls. Small boys ran about the wharves throwing hot stones into cool blue water. overloaded donkeys put tiny feet upon cobblestones leading to old docks. Tired drivers urged their charges on in guttural Spanish. All paths seemed to lead to the water, to the quay, where moored to the stones three small ships lay, taking on stores for a limitless voyage. Idle crowds milled about the blue Mediterranean shore. On board the vessels activity was intense. Men, who by their very dress, proved themselves to be no native mariners, were making ready for the departure...