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KENNEDY IN FRANKFURT
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KENNEDY ARRIVES IN GERMANY
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KENNEDY AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE
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JOHN F KENNEDY AND SENATOR SYMINGTON
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IRRIGATION PROJECT
A new irrigation scheme has just been inaugurated by President Jimenez of Venezuela. The new project is expected to increase the yield of the region by over 500 per cent. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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APOLLO - PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON - MUTE
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HOMEMAKERS OF TOMORROW
12 boys and 12 girls, the finalists selected from over 23,000 entrants from all over Britain, were showing their skill in a cookery contest in London's Savoy. This competition was run by the Gas Council and Youth magazines. The two...
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BOMBSHELL AT BLACKPOOL
Conjecture and confusion followed the news on the eve of the Conservative Conference of the Prime Minister's operation. Then, from the London hospital, Lord Home brought the biggest bombshell of all: that Mr Harold Macmillan will be...
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NEVER ALONE - WITH A CONE
Mr Raymond has chosen the provinces to introduce a new hairstyle, the cone line. What Bolton sees today, London will see tomorrow. ""Let the North be first"", said Raymond. In its simple form, the cone line is an adaption of the beehive,...
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TOWARDS UNITY
Pope Paul, seen here borne aloft into St. Peter's Basilica for the ceremony which re-opened the Ecumenical Council. Among those of the Catholic faith from all over the world were more than 60 non-Catholic observers, for this Council,...
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GOLDEN PROBE IN ORBIT
The sixty ton four-stage ""Juno"" launching rocket on its site at Cape Canaveral was ready for the new attempt to probe Outer Space. A gold-plated fibre-glass cone, shielding the thirteen pound instrument capsule, was hoisted aloft for...
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THE SUEZ CANAL SEIZED BY NASSER
That 100 mile international short cut to the Far East, the Suez Canal, was run by a Company with Britain as its biggest shareholders. Britain guarded it in two World Wars, and its used by a vast tonnage of British shipping, now Egypt's...
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ELECTION-HAPPY
This was the Gold Coast's second general election, under universal adult suffrage, the result was success, for Dr Nkrumah, the Premier. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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FAMOUS ATHLETES RETURN
Flying to London Airport, Australia's John Landy recently arrived in Britain. In Harrow, Roger Bannister with his parents and sister, gives his impression of the ""Miracle Mile"". Back home in Chadwell Heath, Jim Peters describes his own...
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SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Sir Winston Churchill embarks from a BEA ""Viscount"" at Nice, accompanied by his wife it was the beginning of a holiday on the French Riviera. They were staying at Lord Beaverbrook's Villa at Cap d'Ail. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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ALL FOR CHARITY
The surprise combination of Marilyn Monroe and an elephant was a feature of the Ringling Brothers and Barnham and Bailey Circus recently held in New York. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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ARCTIC ADVENTURER (Exclusive to Movietone News)
Film of the Arctic Expedition of David Haig-Thomas. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do...
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VISIT OF HM THE QUEEN MOTHER- COLOUR
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Channel Islands, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother visits the Holiday Isles. ® ® The Islands were the only part of Britain to be occupied by the Germans during the...
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STOKE'S MISSION
Hopes of breaking the oil dispute deadlock rose with the departure of the Lord Privy Seal from London Airport. Sir Francis Shepherd and Sir Donald Ferguson went with him. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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OYSTER SMACK RACE
The past rivalry between the Oystermen of Kent and Essex to get the first Oysters to Market, today takes the form of a Race. The Smacks, wonderful sailing-craft built before the turn of the century, race for five hours from Gravesend to...
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SKI FLYING
The world Ski Jumping Championships held at Oberstdorf, West Germany. The new World Champion, Hans Aschenbach of East Germany. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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RECEPTION FOR THE MALL HEROES
An informal reception at Buckingham Palace for the seven men whose bravery in the Mall last March saved Princess Anne from a kidnap attempt. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN RECEPTION
To mark the publication of his book 'My Life in Pictures', Charlie Chaplin attends a reception at the Mayfair Hotel. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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THE WORLD SKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Men's and Women's Downhill and Slalom competitions from the World Skiing Championships at St. Moritz. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...