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PAKISTAN DISPATCH
A concentration of 36 warships from UK, Pakistan, Iran and USA at a Pakistan port was the prelude to a large-scale allied naval exercise, called ""Midlink III"". One of the main objects of this exercise was to practise and perfect full...
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BY CANDLE LIGHT
Historic Ragley Hall, the 17th-century home of the Marquess of Hertford and his wife, will be open to the public through the Summer. They are opening it to visitors not only in daylight hours, but also by candle-light on Summer evenings....
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THE CHRISTMAS SCENE
The Christmas season is now making its familiar, world-wide impact and for tens of thousands of Australians the street pageant in Adelaide is one highlight. In Dusseldorf, street illumination is the feature of the Christmas decorations,...
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MRS MACLEAN -
Mrs MacLean, wife of the missing diplomat has herself disappeared with her children. In Lausanne, police checked a telegram, saying that she would be away longer than expected, but decided that is had not been sent by her. Disclaimer:...
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NEGUIB'S PILGRIMAGE -
General Neguib, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, was welcomed at Djedda [sic] by Saudi Arabian Princes on behalf of their father. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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FLOOD RECOVERY -
The receding flood water in Holland has left another problem - mud. A general clean-up is carried out by Dutch girls. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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AFRICAN FEDERATION -
Bulawayo, in Southern Rhodesia, provided plenty of evidence of conflicting opinion, when the referendum on Central African federation was taken recently. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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NEW UN SESSION -
In New York, the new building for the United Nations General Assembly was used for the first time at the 7th Plenary Session. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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WASHINGTON GREETS EISENHOWER
After a brief holiday, the President-Elect of the United States flew to Washington with his wife. He received a great reception as he drove to the White House for talks with President Truman. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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STALIN'S BERLIN TRIBUTE -
Many wreaths were brought across by Russians and East Berliners from the Soviet Sector to be placed on the Soviet War Memorial. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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CHURCHILL AND TRUMAN
Mr Churchill's call at the White House was a meeting between old friends, and Mr Truman was still President of the United States though he had only a brief while to remain in office. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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CHANGING THE GUARD
In Vienna, the first battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (in accordance with the monthly guard-changing system) has handed over its duties to the French. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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PARTNERSHIP IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Northern Rhodesia is one of the territories concerned in Federation - that plan for the development of an area which, in the opinion of its sponsors, is linked with the prospect of a true partnership of races in Central Africa. An...
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ACCORDING TO PLAN - NO SOUND
First pictures of the new advance in the Middle East. The Battle of El Alamein, under the leadership of General Montgomery, men from all parts of Britain and the Dominions fought their way forward. Rommel is now on the retreat in North...
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Shop Circus.
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SHIPPING NEWS
A LINER IN CRASH - The American Liner ""Excalibur"" was grounded off Brooklyn, New York, after being in a collision with the freighter ""Columbia"". ® A LINER LAUNCHED - Better shipping news comes from Barrow-in-Furness where the Orient...
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EQUAL PAY PETITION -
A campaign for Equal Pay was opened when four women MP's set off from Smith Square, Westminster. A petition was to be presented to the House of Commons. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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A FAITHFUL FRIEND
One day in 1943, a dog left home at a village near Florence, to meet his master, but his master did not come. He had been killed in an air raid. Every day for fourteen years, the dog has gone to the bus-stop to meet his master. And, on...
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OPENING OF FARSONS BREWERY IN MALTA
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""LITTLE SWEDEN""
Swedish craftsmen have come over to England, to start a Glass factory at Torrington, North Devon. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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MEET THE DIGGERS
At Bishops Stortford, an enterprising inventor has developed a garden fork that takes the back-ache out of digging. Digging with a different purpose in Somerset where a team of archaeologists are burrowing into the mound of Cadbury Hill,...
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SIR FRANCIS
Sir Francis Chichester receives the Accolade of Knighthood from the Queen at a ceremony at Greenwich, recalling another ceremony, nearly four hundred years ago, at Deptford, when Sir Francis Drake was knighted. Today, at Madame...
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STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS
Pictures show Lord Snowdon and the giant bird cage he has designed costing £120,000, at London Zoo. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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JUNKIE MONKEY!
A monkey escaped from the Department of Psychology at Bristol University. He'd been helping the students in their study of animal behaviour. The students tried to coax him out of a tree with bananas sprinkled with tranquilisers, but the...