An old Pathe News clip about Cyprus - 1939

[Groucho]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPlBfXiiqFY

I just love the plummy English - Listen to his pronunciation of land as 'lind'.... a hoot.

See if you can spot Barry 'Snakes'...

[Owl Lady]

I spotted him!! Can anyone tell me was the voice narrating that of Bob Danvers Walker?

[Keithcaley]

..Can anyone tell me was the voice narrating that of Bob Danvers Walker?

I don't think so, he started work in 1927 as a station announcer in Australia, and that film was produced in 1930.

He seems to have done the voice-overs for Pathe News Films from 1940 onwards, and that just didn't sound like him to me...

I did love the pronunciation of 'Monasteries' though

[Owl Lady]

Thanks, thought the film was great anyway, and the commentators BBC English just brilliant!!.

[Kanonier]

Received pronunciation. No H&S for the young lad ringing the school bell and I am sure I spotted the hire car that I had when first I visited in 2000!

[dippersgirl]

Wonderful!!! the 'educational and patronising' voice !!!!!!
The comment about the women's patchwork sleeves would create a media storm now!!!

[Keithcaley]

...The comment about the women's patchwork sleeves would create a media storm now!!!

...Only in 'Woman's Weekly'...