| Description | Typed transcript of pages 1-90 of Belgrave's diary, covering the period between 1 January and 3 November 1939 (originally divided into two sections, 1939A - 1 January - 27 June - and 1939B, 28 June - 3 November.) Topics covered include visits to the cinema (7, 20, 25, 26 - 'Knight without Armour' January, 3, 5, 10, 17, 24 February, 4, 10, 11 'Under Two Flags', 17 'Wings of Morning' , and 'Light Must Fall' on 31 March, 7, 14, 28 April, 18 'Ramona', 20 'Ebb Tide', 26 and 'Lost Horizon' on 31 May, 1, 3, 16 June, 7 'Garden of Allah', 14, 19 (BAPCO cinema), 25, 29 July, 2 'Robin Hood' 3 (Jufair), 8 ('Green Light' at Awali) 16, 22 August, 4, 12, 27 and 29 - Life of Zola - September, 5, 17 'Prison without Bars' 24 October and 3 November), photography (13, 29 January, 29 June, 28 July), a fatal car accident (22 January), a visit from an Italian, pro-Mussolini, Catholic bishop (24,29 January), home movies shown by Forker (9 February), a durbar at the Law Courts (10 February), tension between Arabs and Europeans, especially with regard to use of cameras, at the Muharram procession (2-3 March), growing interest in German and Italian aggression in Europe (16,18 March, 8, 28 April, 1 July, 29, 31 August, 1-3 September), royal visit from Ibn Saoud, King of Saudi Arabia, along with Faisal and other sons, the Saudi Ambassador to the UK, Hafiz Wahaba, along with other Sheikhs and dignitaries (2-7 May), a visit from maritime writer Alan Villiers (27 May), historic Arabic inscriptions on rock (18 August) and a war donation of 4 lakhs (about £30,000) to British government, from oil revenue (24-25 September). |