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WATER POLLUTION
French scientists find a fishy answer to pollution in the river Oise which supplies Paris with water. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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City Proclamation Of Dissolution
Sergeant-at-Arms reads from Royal Exchange steps official mandate for new assembly. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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BUDGET DAY
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey, presents the first Labour Budget with the appeal to unite to make Britain a fairer place in which to live. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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BUTLER'S BUDGET
Budget Day interest concentrated on the Houses of Parliament and on Downing Street, where large crowds waited to see the Prime Minister on his way to the House. Cameras were in full force outside the Chancellor's House and we asked him...
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Greek Elections Set Athens In Ferment
Success of Royalists at Poll leads General Plastiras to assume power for Venezelist party. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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UNITED NATIONS TRAILER
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FIRST AID INSTRUCTION FOR MASS CLASSES -
Westminster Hospital gives free demonstrations on how to treat injuries caused by an air raid. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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THE BUDGET
Mr Butler leaves for the House of Commons to deliver his Budget Speech. Crowds had gathered in Smith Square to see him off and maybe to give him some useful hints. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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UNITED NATIONS NEWS
There was a unique ceremony recently at the Palais de Chaillot (UN headquarters in Paris), where veterans of the Korean campaign were received by Mr Trygve Lie. Meanwhile the Four-Power secret talks on disarmament had a hopeful...
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UNITED NATIONS DAY -
A big parade marched from Wellington Barracks up Whitehall towards the Admiralty to mark United Nations Day. The salute was taken by General Sir Bernard Paget and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Smith. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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EISENHOWER - NOT FOR POLITICS?
On a recent visit to Columbia University General Eisenhower again stated that he had no political ambitions. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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BEA PERSONALITY GIRL
You've got to be a top flight charmer to earn this title. Nine finalists from an original entry of 74 and the winner gets a new car to propel her along. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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THE GOLD OF EL DORADO
Some 500 pieces of the legendary 'Gold of El Dorado' are on display at the Royal Academy in Piccadilly. The exhibits are not only ceremonial and decorative, but household items of the people from the Andes region of South America....
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UNITED NATIONS STATEMENT
At the United Nations General Assembly, New York, Sir Alec Douglas Home speaks plainly to Russia and the third world. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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NIXON VISIT
A flying visit by American President Richard Nixon. He has important talks with the Prime Minister at Chequers, and the two leaders are joined by the Queen for an informal luncheon. After five and a quarter hours in England President and...
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POST OFFICE BUS
A Post Bus to carry both mail and passengers at Dorking in Surrey. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
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SPAGHETTI JUNCTION ON MOTORWAY
Costing £8 million, Europe's most complex intersection. Called unofficially 'Spaghetti Junction' situated just outside Birmingham, it's the 'heart' of the British Motorway system. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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PERSONALITY GIRL
BEA Personality Girl, Wendy Croom, was chosen from six finalists in London's Sonesta Hotel. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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EARTHQUAKE
A state of emergency in California after the most serious earthquake since the San Francisco disaster of 1906. More than fifty dead - many of them killed when a War Veterans hospital collapsed near Los Angeles. Disclaimer: British...
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THE COLD WAR
Movietone recalls some of the trials and tribulations of last Winter, and underlines ways of beating the Winter to come. Mr Marples plan for keeping traffic moving. A vaccine to ward off flu. A plan to guarantee coal supplies. Plus...
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SCHOOLBOY CRITICS AT MODEL EXHIBITION
Miniature masterpieces on show at the New Horticulture Hall, Westminster, many of them having been made out of scraps of material. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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EARTHQUAKE ISLAND
More than thirty thousand people have already fled to the Italian mainland following the latest earthquakes in the stricken island of Sicily. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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Australia's 150th Anniversary.
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TRAILER: CORRECT ADDRESS - Post Office
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