Two newsreels about the Odeon cinema at Muswell Hill. The Opening Night and First Birthday.
Odeon Grand Opening Night - Opening of Muswell Hill's new cinema. Long shot of cinema. crowds, Oscar Deutsch head of Odeon circuit - in black tie. Mayor of Hornsey, councillor J. Winkley J.P - outside cinema entrance - Deutsch and Mayor shake hands. Basil Rathbone - talking and smoking outside cinema.
Wolsey - famous comedian. Crowds laughing and waving. Actor Richard Barthelmess with his wife Jessica Stewart Sargent. Police struggling to keep crowds back. Joan Gardner (wife of Zoltan Korda), Derek De Maurier (?) and Hazel Chariot (?). Crowds enter the cinema.
Another film which is trailed with ‘And now the Odeon’s first birthday’ with guests arriving and a seemingly live commentary of who is there - includes Sabu.