Famous Stars Entertain The Forces (1940)

Titles read: ’FAMOUS STARS entertain the Forces’. Comedians Arthur Askey and Richard ’Stinker’ Murdoch, bandleader Jack Hylton and his Band and singer / actress Gracie Fields entertain troops. This is duplicate of item in Pathe newsreel / gazette 40/36 - see separate record for details. Note: Askey and Murdoch perform before microphones as if it’s a radio broadcast - which it might be. They tell jokes and give us a quick bit of their ’Bandwagon’ radio show called ’Chestnut Corner’. Hylton conducts band playing ’Land Of Hope And Glory’ while Gracie sings. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), Bri