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FIJI INDEPENDENCE
After nearly 100 years as a British Colony, Fiji gains its Independence. The Prince of Wales represents the Queen at the Island's celebrations, and drinks a cup of the traditional local brew ""Kava"" during the unusual welcome ceremony....
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NEW AIRPORT HOTEL
They've finished building the new Excelsior luxury hotel at Glasgow Airport, and Under-Secretary of State for Scotland George Younger performs the ""topping out"" ceremony. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF THE STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT BY HER MAJESTY, QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND.
A new session of Parliament is opened by Her Majesty the Queen and the rich ceremonial which is part of Britain's National Heritage. ® Accompanied for the first time at the State Opening by the Prince of Wales and Princess Anne, the...
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MAHARAJA OF JAIPUR'S FUNERAL
An impressive funeral for one of the richest men in the world - the Maharaja of Jaipur. His body was flown home after his death at a polo match in England to be burned on a ceremonial funeral pyre. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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NEW GOVERNOR OF EDINBURGH CASTLE
A ceremony of pageant and history as the new Governor of Edinburgh Castle is installed. Troops from ten Scottish Regiments on parade as the Key of the Castle is formally handed over to Lt General Sir Henry Leask, the 93rd. man to hold...
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PRINCESS ANNE WITH THE SIGNALS
Just after their centenary, the Royal Signals welcome Princess Anne for her first visit. Her Royal Highness inspects early signalling instruments in the Museum, and then drives a piece of their latest equipment - a Snocat. There too, the...
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The Prince of Wales takes his seat in the House of Lords. Movietone is there as the young Prince, accompanied by attendant Dukes and Earls, walks in procession to the ceremony. Informal shots of Pri
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TOP OF THE STAIRS
From top dog to top of the Tower. University students stage their annual race up the 814 steps of the Post Office Tower. For the benefit of Rag Week charities, the students make the tough climb. A girl from Hull breaks the womens record...
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MILLIONTH PASSENGER FLIES TO BENIDORM
One of Britain's biggest holiday tour operators give their millionth passenger the holiday of a lifetime in Spain. Mrs Jean Smith, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, with her husband and baby daughter are the toast of the coast around beautiful...
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COMMONWEALTH POOL
A complex of three pools, for recreation, training and competition. The Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh is one of the finest in the British Isles. Princess Anne opens the building which has cost £1.6 million. Disclaimer: British...
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PARIS LIBERATION
President Pompidou unveils a statue to the late Marshal Leclerc, and we recall, with archive film, how the great Free French Tank Commander led the liberation of Paris, exactly 25 years ago. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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BEATING THE HANDICAP
Athletes in wheelchairs meet the Queen when Her Majesty comes to open the Stoke Mandeville Sports Stadium, specially built at this famous hospital for the paralysed. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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THE RUNNING TOWERS
The strange festival of the Running Towers in Gubbio commemorates this Italian town's survival over eight centuries ago. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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SPECIAL COLOUR REPORT FROM KEW
Where we cross the threshold into the equatorial luxuriance of the famous Palm House, and see Her Majesty The Queen opening the new replica of a 17th Century garden that provides a delightful formal setting for a former Royal Palace. ®...
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HE BUILT HIS OWN BRIDGE
An enterprising Canadian ""Do-it-Yourself"" enthusiast overcomes official apathy and decides to buy his own bridge and erect it over the Fraser River. In doing so, he and his neighbours are saved a sixty mile drive to the nearest...
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VIVA MEXICO
In spite of thousands of armed security men in the stadium - in spite of civil unrest in the country - in spite of all the threats to boycott the games - in spite of the hazards of high altitude - the first Latin American Olympiad gets...
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PRINCESS ANNE LAUNCHES YACHT
Princess Anne lunches on Nelson's Flagship 'Victory', then goes on to launch 'Sea Wraith III'. 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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PRINCESS ANNE PRESENTS FILM AWARDS
Stars of the entertainment world at the Royal Albert Hall for the presentation by Princess Anne of the Society of Film Television Arts awards. 20th Century Fox have a field day with 'MASH' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'....
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QUEEN AT HARROW SCHOOL
The Queen visits the famous public school at Harrow to mark the 400th year of the granting of the school's charter by Elizabeth the First. Her Majesty unveils a plaque in the new Physics Laboratories - plants a tree and joins the boys at...
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SHIPS THAT WENT EAST -
Pictures have now been released of the launch of HMS ""Indefatigable"" and the ship at Portsmouth where the King inspected her. ""Indefatigable"" is now in the Far East, as is ""King George V"" which was also inspected by His Majesty...
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CAEN LIBERATED -
Recent heavy rains in Normandy meant another battle, that with the mud. The battle for Caen was preceded by a real Montgomery barrage. Everywhere prisoners were taken making the total taken in Normandy by the 5th July over fifty...
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BERLIN AND THE BIG THREE
Under the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate Field Marshal Montgomery presents medals to Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Rokossovsky. ® ® The people of Berlin have begun clearing up their city whose once imposing buildings now lie in ruins. The...
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BERLIN AND THE BIG THREE
Under the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate Field Marshal Montgomery presents medals to Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Rokossovsky. ® ® The people of Berlin have begun clearing up their city whose once imposing buildings now lie in ruins. The...
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PARIS UNDER THE CROOKED CROSS -
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During the occupation of Paris, cameraman Gaston Madru, hid a camera in a bicycle...