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SOMETHING FOR THE BIRDS
The International Poultry Show at Olympia tells the whole story of the chicken and the egg, and features a Turkey that could provide a Christmas dinner for two hundred people! ® Over at Alexandra Palace, the Talking Bird Contest is the...
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AUSTRALIA - Nine storehouses destroyed in Sydney's worst ever fire. ® ISRAEL - The armed forces hold a Parachute Jumping Contest - dropping into Lake Tiberias where Commando rescue boats have their wo
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HIGH FLYING FISH
Baby carp, around ten million of them, are flown out from Hong Kong to other parts of Asia for stocking rivers and lakes. When only a couple of inches long they're put into plastic bags containing water. Oxygen is blown into the water to...
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RESCUE EQUIPMENT
The Rescumatic Fire Escape - a do-it-yourself fire escape, demonstrated in London. 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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THE EARTH - FROM 76 MILES UP
A captured German V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico, was recently fitted up with a camera-carrier as a scientific experiment. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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SMITHFIELD SHOW- COLOUR
The 164th Smithfield Show collects together the best of the farming work, from livestock to machinery. HM the Queen and Prince Philip showed a keen interest in everything as they toured the Show. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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DO-IT-YOURSELF EXHIBITION
On display at the Do-It-Yourself Exhibition were many ideas for the home enthusiast, in the field of home improvements and crafts. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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DESIGN AWARDS
The British Design Council has given Awards to new Safety ideas including an under-rider fitted to lorries which absorbs the impact when hit by a car. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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THE ""SNARK""
The take off space needed for the American guided missile is no larger than a tennis court. It's called the ""Snark"" and one is reported to have flown the record distance of 2,000 miles across the Caribbean. Disclaimer: British...
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GOLF IN THE CITY
In a disused Warehouse off Fleet Street, the City's first Golf Club simulates the eighteen holes of the Walton Heath Old Course. An electronic brain works out the speed and direction of your strokes and flashes pictures on a screen to...
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DIY
The Do-It-Yourself Exhibition at Olympia presents the latest aids for home handymen. We select a Mohair Paint Pad, a simple Template Former, a machine for cutting your own Jewellery and a Ribbon Bow maker for adding that professional...
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KEEP IT WHITE
After its big clean-up, Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner is shining white. To keep it that way - and dissuade London's pigeons from mucking it up again, a soft, plastic bird repellent is applied to give the birds that ""sinking""...
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DO IT YOURSELF EXHIBITION
The annual shop-window of what's new for the man - and woman - who pride themselves on being handy around the home. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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PIG HALTER
The new pig halter prevents pigs from savaging other pigs yet allows it to eat and drink easily. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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MINI TRACTOR
A small-scale tractor with a big heart. Easily operated and highly adaptable, it'll push and lift - and pull it's weight in more ways than one. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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ACTION SPACE
The balloon went up in Sloane Square when Action Space went into action. A chance to ""do your own thing"" inside a pneumatic crazy house. The organisers say it'll increase your visual, tactile and space awareness. It that's what you...
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CAR CRADLE
Very mod - the latest rocker developed for underbody repairs. Just fit the cradle, and its a pushover. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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ELECTRONIC BOMB
Another wartime secret is revealed the Radio Proximity Fuse. Installed in rocket bombs, radio beams detected it's target and it could be exploded with devastating effect. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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LARGEST ROCKET-AIDED PLANE
American Constitution plane takes off, from Burbank, California, assisted by six rockets. 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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WIND TUNNEL TEST FOR US NAVAL PILOTS
At Philadelphia, Naval pilots are put through a test, similar to that which they would experience if baling out of plane travelling at 350 mph. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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CANADA'S ATOMIC PLANT
Scientists at work in Canada's Atomic Plant at Chalk River, Ontario. 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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NEW US TORPEDO HAS GOT SOMETHING
In America surplus war material is used as the target for testing a new torpedo. 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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""BRITAIN CAN MAKE IT""
The King opened the ""Britain Can Make It Exhibition"" at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The change over from wartime to peacetime manufacturing is the theme of the exhibition. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE
PLUTO RECOVERED - The pipe line which carried oil to the advancing troops in wartime Europe is being recovered for salvage. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...