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UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY CONTROVERSY
Mr Vyshinsky, The Soviet representative, made an astonishing attack on America and Britain in the General Assembly of the United Nations. Later Britain's Minister of State, Hector McNeil, delivered the British reply. Disclaimer: British...
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King's Personality Saves Spain from Grave Disorder
Movietone brings you first pictures from Madrid since recent crisis. ® ® EDITOR'S NOTE: That the clouds which menaced Spain have materially lifted is apparent from these scenes at the gates of the Royal Palace and in the capital's...
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TELEPHONES FOR THE DEAF
At Osbourne House, a hundred years after Alexander Graham Bell presented the telephone to Queen Victoria, Earl Mountbatten makes a Trans-Atlantic call to Bell's grand-daughter. A new system of communication using the telephone and a...
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THE METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE
Weather information from all over the British Isles is gathered at the Meteorological Headquarters at Bracknell, Berkshire. It is here that the Weather Bulletins for the radio, television, airports and many other bodies are prepared. HM...
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THE 'ID' FESTIVAL- COLOUR
Delhi's Moslem Community gather at the ancient 'Jama Masjid Mosque' to celebrate the Festival of 'ID'. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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KIRKSTALL FORGE
Cistercian monks founded Kirkstall Abbey in the twelfth century. Their primitive mining and smelting of Iron from the rich Yorkshire deposits was the start of an unbroken chain of industrial development - which has lasted eight hundred...
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SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Movietone recalls some of the major events in the unique career of Sir Winston Churchill who celebrates his 80th birthday this week. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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ANNIVERSARY OF THE BERLIN WALL
Ten years have past since the Berlin Wall was erected, separating East and West Berlin. 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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ON THE RUN
Gaston Roelants of Belgium overcomes a great challenge by former English Champion, Dick Taylor, for the International Cross Country Title at Clydebank. ® In Rome, the Olympic Marathon is a highlight during filming of ""The Games"", the...
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NOISE ANNOYS
The Wilson Committee on the problem of noise has recently published its report. Movietone's pictures show some of the noisy things which are the main offenders. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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NIXON GOES HOME
Vice-President Nixon arrived at Washington after his tour of South America. At the airport he was welcomed like a hero and President Eisenhower himself was there. Cheering Americans were lining the route as they drove off. The Venezuelan...
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WHAT TO WEAR
What the well dressed worker is wearing - the latest Protective Clothing for Building Workers on show in London. Also above London's rooftops - at the Carlton Towers - Hats to match the new Maxi-line reveal their obvious origins in the...
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SHEFFIELD ""PEACE"" FLOP
Sheffield was chosen for the holding of the so-called World Peace Congress. Britain exercised her right to refuse admittance to undesirable guests; all the same, a number of delegates did arrive - only to discover that they'd soon be...
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ROYAL FILM PERFORMANCE
The Royal Film Performance naturally drew large crowds to Leicester Square; rain or no rain, they intended to see all they could of the arrival of the Royal Family and of the many guests and stars attending. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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SHAKESPEARE-ON-AVON
Prince Philip was one of thousands visiting Stratford-upon-Avon, where William Shakespeare was born four centuries ago, and whose genius was to be acclaimed far beyond the shores of his own ""sceptered isle"". The New Shakespeare Centre,...
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""GOTHIC"" REACHES PANAMA
From Port Royal, Jamaica, Her Majesty and the Duke left aboard ""Gothic"" after their most successful tour of the Colony. At the entrance to the Panama Canal, Cristobal, The Queen and the Duke went ashore. With Colonel Remon, President...
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Dissolution of Parliament.
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MANCHESTER FREEDOM FOR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Thousands attended inside and outside Manchester Town Hall to see Winston Churchill receive the Freedom of the City. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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ANOTHER LONDON RUBBER FIRE
Another blaze at a London rubber dump this time in at the Old Cattle Market in Islington. 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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EIGHTH ARMY SPEEDS ON - NO SOUND
General Montgomery recently presented medals somewhere in the Libyan desert. Meanwhile the task of bringing forwards supplies continues, as does clearing the debris left by the Axis. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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BIRDS EYE
A promising new development in aerial photographer. Using a balloon tethered to a Land-Rover, Tom Snell of Yeovil takes the films for Planners and Industrialists, over built-up areas where camera planes could not fly. Disclaimer: British...
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HANDS OF IRON
Our pictures show the Australian blacksmith Mr Robbins. He's retired now, but he's still ready to demonstrate a performance for which he's long been famous, first, make a bit of iron white hot. Then prove that it really is hot. You might...
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ANCIENT TOWN UNCOVERED
Some twenty miles from Rome, an important archaeological discovery has just been made - the unearthing of the Etruscan town of Feronia. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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YOUNGEST GEORGE CROSS HERO
Baker Street, Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire was the scene of a fire last October. The heroism of John Bamford in rescuing his brothers from the fire earned him the award of the George Cross. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...