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FROM BLACKFRIARS TO MILAN
A carpet, which will eventually be 30 ft long, is being made in London at this Workshop for the Handicapped; a new venture by the Blackfriars Settlement. It provides work for people who are handicapped, either by old age, blindness or...
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EARS TO SEE THROUGH
Sir Bernard Lovell, master-mind behind the Jodrell Bank radio telescope, built in 1957, has just introduced the Mark Two Telescope, which has cost three hundred thousand pounds. A new 'ear' for listening to distant radio sources, it will...
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MEET THE SHAKESPEARES
1964 is the four hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare, the great poet. Few men can feel so closely concerned with this anniversary as Harold George Shakespeare Hart, an engineer of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire: Mr Hart is the...
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SKIING ON SKIN!
No place for tender feet at the Australian Barefoot Water Ski Championships in Sydney! We joined Geoff Nicholls, a recognised expert. And something never attempted before, a barefoot ski jump. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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NEW ZEALAND - GOLDEN SHEARS
An international contest took place in New Zealand, shearing sheep for the Championship title. Each man had 20 sheep to barber, and not a second to spare! Bing McDonald was the eventual winner, and the Champion of the Golden Shears....
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WHITE CITY WINNERS
England V the Russian Federal Republic at the White City, in a meeting sponsored by the News of the World. The men's hundred metres was won by David Jones in ten point five. A high jump win by Russia's Valery Brumel was a certainty. He...
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BIG SIT-DOWN
The big sit-down was organised by the ""Committee of 100"", and many thousands took part. Canon Collins (Chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) was there as an observer, and over 1,300 are said to have been arrested. It all...
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BLACKPOOL - FASHION ON TOP
Blackpool is in the news again. The Hair Fair drew many spectators, and many champions of the art of hair-do's were among competitors at the show, which lasted 4 days. The so-called ""Spectaculars"" were perhaps the best part of the...
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IN ORBIT WITH YURI
A reception given by London's Lord Mayor, Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, was one item during the feting of Yuri Gagarin. He was at the Mansion House for half an hour. At Admiralty House, he was received by the Prime Minister, and the Premier's...
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BRASS BOUND TO BRIGHTON (in colour)
The brass-bound veterans were all ready for an early start. And off they went hot-foot (or should it be hot-seat?) from London to Brighton. It was the 65th anniversary of Emancipation Day (which marked the right to drive a car, without a...
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IT'S A STRANGE WORLD
Our pictures show a class being taught the mysteries of yoga, and pupils' ages range from 4 to 70. Try it yourself, yoga can work wonders! ® A strong believer is Miss Sadie Harrison of Manchester, a very young 68. Thanks largely to...
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WHITE CITY ATHLETICS
The meeting at the White City was organised by the London Clubs. The hundred yards, one of the contests between London and Rhineland Cities was won by David Jones in nine point seven. The women's eighty metres hurdles was another London...
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PAINTINGS AT A PRICE
The portrait of the First Duke of Wellington, painted when the Iron Duke was 43, set a record price for a Goya. It was knocked down, to an American, for a hundred and forty thousand pounds! This was one of 32 pictures sent by the Duke of...
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GYMNASTICS FANTASTIC
Star performers at the Sports Journalists Festival in Berlin were the ""Crazy Brothers"", and, as gymnasts, they'd make good journalists! Anyone can see the brothers are trained to the last ounce, and it takes real skill to do things...
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DRIVE TO PAINT
London action-painter Mr William Morris is an artist with a new approach, he mixes his colours in a wheelbarrow. The barrow comes in handy with a canvas that size. But that's not all, he uses a sports car to spread the colours!...
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Watermen Clear River For Henley Regatta
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RYDER CUP FORM
It's the Wentworth Club, background to the Ballantine's Golf Tournament. Special interest attached to the contest, because it was being played on the eve of the Ryder Cup. Our pictures show members of Britain's Ryder Cup team competing,...
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CHAMPION SETS THE STYLE
Bernd Gress, the twenty-eight year old German hair stylist who is reigning Champion of Europe, shows his latest creations in London, to an audience of hairdressers. Graham Lovsey from Birmingham, also shows a few of his styles, one of...
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KARIBA DAM OPENED
The great dam which is higher than St. Paul's Cathedral, and nearly two thousand feet long, has triumphed over all difficulties. Several thousand people had assembled for the very big event: the official opening. This was performed by...
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OFFICERS OF THE FUTURE
For the first time since the Sovereign's parade has been held at Sandhurst, a Prime Minister represented the Queen. Mr Macmillan who was received with a General salute, made the inspection, and the Sword of Honour was presented to Senior...
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END OF THE WORLD!
7,000 feet up Mont Blanc, sightseers had gathered with the Press and cameramen to meet Brother Emman, otherwise Doctor Guiseppe Bianco, the bearded leader of a group who believed his prophecy that the end of the world was at hand. He and...
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NEW WORLD RECORD
At Sydney, John Konrads broke his own world mark by three tenths of a second in the two twenty yards free style during the Australian swimming championships. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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EXHIBITION TIME
(Boats) ® This ocean-going Catamaran was one of many craft actually afloat in the harbour at the National Boat Show. Another was the biggest motor cruiser at the Show - a 52-footer, with a telly, a tape-recorder and all the latest...
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ATHLETICS
The AAA Championships provided many thrills particularly in the six miles, one mile and three mile events. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...