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AUDIENCE FOR THE ASTROS
Accompanied by their wives, the Apollo Moon Men meet His Holiness Pope Paul. 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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WEDDING GROUPS
Wedding bells for the Bee Gees! At Caxton Hall Robin Gibb marries Molly Hullis, the girl he saved from a train crash. And in Salisbury, Ian Amey, ""Tich"" of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, weds Suzanne Fryer. Disclaimer: British...
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TWELVE HOUR TEAR-UP
Australia's latest long-distance event for production cars - more than eight hundred miles round a tight two-mile circuit in Queensland, produces a terrific duel between Italy and America. A Ford Falcon is the winner. Disclaimer: British...
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FOR THE FUTURE
A dream for over a hundred and twenty years is becoming a reality. The first ceremonial spadefuls of concrete inaugurate the National Theatre on London's South Bank. ® ® Around the countryside, members of a Motoring Organisation have...
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THORNDIKE THEATRE
Dame Sybil Thorndike, one of the few Theatrical personalities ever to be so honoured, attends the Royal opening of the theatre in Leatherhead which bears her name. She and a number of other famous names are presented to Princess Margaret...
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SOMETHING TO SEE
Pilot a Vulcan Bomber - Meet a top-line Dee-Jay - Watch Fashion Shows - learn Speed Skating! It's all happening at the Daily Mail's New Year Show, where they even teach you chess. ® No room for novices at the Annual Chess Congress at...
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LONG VIEW
Movietone looks at telescopes, from the archaic devices built by Sir William Herschel in the 18th Century to the latest proposals in Radio Telescopes. The most powerful one in the world is soon to be built on a disused railway line at...
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DARE-DEVIL DRIVING
Jose Canga and Paul Martin - two of the world's top dare-devil drivers taking to the air in Holland. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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CHILDREN'S ART EXHIBITION
The Sunday Mirror National Exhibition of Children's Art at The Mall Galleries, London. 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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NORTH AFRICAN CO-OPERATION -
The French and American forces co-operate in Morocco. 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...
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SAVINGS -
The Mayor of Westminster, accompanied by Lord Macintosh, arrives with due ceremony in Trafalgar Square to launch London's National Savings Week. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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SUN STUDIES
Harvard University's Observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been making special photographic studies of the sun. They are called ""corona-graphs"" and are taken by a specially designed telescopic camera. Disclaimer: British...
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WINTER OLYMPICS OPEN
The opening ceremony of the Sixth Winter Olympic Games was performed by Princess Ragnhild, daughter of Crown Prince Olav. Thirty nations (a record) marched in the procession and the hoisting of the Olympic Flag was followed by the...
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""JOY BELLS AT THE ZOO""
An exceptionally interesting event has recently occurred at the London Zoo; never before, anywhere in the world, it's believed, has a baby polar bear been reared by its mother in captivity even to the age of a few weeks. Disclaimer:...
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PRINCESS ELIZABETH -
Princess Elizabeth is eighteen on the 21st April, when she will assume the dignities and responsibilities of Heir Presumptive to the Throne. In these delightful informal pictures the Princess and her sister ride their ponies 'Jock' and...
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MOTOR RACING - MOSS LOOKS ON
Stirling Moss, making his first public appearance at a race track since his crash last Easter, dropped in at Oulton Park. Among 27 drivers for the International Gold Cup were the present leader in the Driver's World Championship, Graham...
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ROYAL FILM PERFORMANCE
The Empire Theatre naturally attracted a large crowd on the occasion of the Royal Film Performance. The Royal Party were received by Mr Reginald Bromhead, President and Chairman of the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund. Leading...
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Car Racing - International Light Car Race at Douglas
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TENSION OFF CHINESE COAST
Dr Wellington Koo, Chiang Kai Shek's ambassador to Washington has been touring Nationalist-held islands off the coast of Red China. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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SEPARATION ON KOJE
The latest pictures for Koje Island show the actual process of splitting up the unwieldy groups of communist prisoners into smaller units. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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VAAGSO RAID - NO SOUND
The Commandos set out before first light, the object to capture the small defended island of Vaagso, off the Norwegian coast. The German garrison are taken by surprise and quickly over come on the island of Maaloy. Barges then cross the...
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ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE
The Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, reviewed by Mr Richard Burke, the Minister for Education. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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MATCHSTICK ART
Despite being physically handicapped Mr Ray Cooke of Pinner carves shapes on matchsticks, the work is painstaking and delicate. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS OF 1975- COLOUR
Movietone looks back at some of the Sporting events it has covered during 1975. ® ® The rough tough driving of the Round Britain Rally and the British Grand Prix that was ended by a sudden downpour of rain. ® ® West Ham win the FA...