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AIRBORNE MEETS HIS MATCH
Souverain beats Airborne into second place for the first time since 1939. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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THE DERBY
Again Gordon Richards was on the wrong horse, although riding ""Tudor Minstrel"" the hottest favourite for years; MOVIETONE shows you GREAT 1947 in detail. ® ® The race was won by the French horse ""Pearl Diver"". Disclaimer: British...
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BAOR TATTOO IN BERLIN
British Services staged a Tattoo in Berlin's Olympic stadium, the profits from which were to be used for welfare work among German children. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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The Funeral of King Albert
Mourning crowds see beloved monarch pass through Brussels on last journey. ® Sub.1. At the Palace of Laeken; with troops of the Allies partaking, is enacting the last march-past. ® Sub.2. The next day takes place, the proclamation of...
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ARAB LEGION PARADES IN JERICHO
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NAZI AIR-RAID OFFENSIVE -
The long expected Air Raids on Britain have begun with an attack on East Anglia. Several lives were lost in a Cambridgeshire town when a row of houses was hit. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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HAILE SELASSIE'S NEW ARMY ON PARADE -
Since the re-occupation of Abyssinia the Emperor has been building a new modern army for its defence. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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TRIPOLI TODAY -
As soon as the Eighth Army occupied Tripoli the civilian population began to return to the city. The streets there begin to return to normal, although the harbour area is still showing the signs of allied bombing. Disclaimer: British...
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CALM IN COLOURFUL MOROCCO -
A military review in French Morocco and at Rabat a big ceremony on the occasion of the ""Feast of the Lamb"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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ATHENS CELEBRATES -
The liberation of Greece has been continuing at a smooth and rapid place. The force landed at Piraeus, the port near Athens, the Germans having already evacuated. The British tommies were welcomed in the streets of the Greek capital with...
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BRITAIN GROWS MORE AND MORE -
1943 will see another bumper harvest in Britain, good farming is now producing superb results in cereals and fruit, for instance. The automatic milker has aided the output of milk. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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THE SOVEREIGN'S PARADE
This year, the Sovereign's Parade at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, was taken by Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis, Minister of Defence. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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DUBLIN HORSE SHOW
The world-famous horse show, in Dublin is one of the biggest events of its kind and high standards were attained this year in many classes - notably the hunters. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
France: 20 - 1 outsider ""Bouzoulou"" win 3,000,000 franc ® Steeplechase at Auteuil. 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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PITMEN'S DERBY - THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE
Large crowds were present to see ""Light Cavalry"" win the Northumberland Plate. 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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TEN HAPPY YEARS
Movietonews offers congratulations to Her Majesty and Prince Philip on the tenth anniversary of their marriage. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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CORONATION PREPARATIONS
Coins for the new Reign will shortly be turned out in quantity at the Royal Mint. Leaving Westminster Abbey early in the morning, the first Coronation Procession rehearsal. The State landau (drawn by Windsor Greys) proceeded along the...
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ROYAL OPENING OF BULAWAYO EXHIBITION
The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret were at Bulawayo during their tour of Southern Rhodesia, to open the Central African Rhodes Centenary Exhibition. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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NEWMARKET - STALLIONS ON SHOW
Thoroughbred stallions were on parade in the show-ring at the Park Paddocks. It was the Spring Show by the Hunters Improvement Society. Our pictures show some of the finalists competing for the overall Championship, the King George V...
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THE ST. LEGER
The last classic of the season, at Doncaster is won by Michael Beary on ""Ridge Wood"", 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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AINTREE - NATIONAL BY NAME - (EASTMAN COLOUR)
Our pictures show highlights of the World's greatest steeplechase at Aintree. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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MAINTAINING THE BREED
An Annual event of Springtime is the Stallion Show at Newmarket. There were over seventy entries at the show, magnificent examples of prize bloodstock. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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BITTER SWEET DAYS FOR BEATRIX
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and her fiancée Herr Claus von Amsberg sign their wedding banns at the Town Hall of Baarn near the Royal Palace. Later the royal couple were showered with ""wedding sweets"" suspended from toy...
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GOING-GOING-GONE?
Auction of the New Forest ponies, where some four hundred are sold mainly as riding ponies for children. After nine hundred years in the forest the breed is still going strong, in spite of traffic hazards in the Forest. Disclaimer:...