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SOVIET FIGHTING BACK -
In the south of Russia the veteran Cossack regiment of Marshal Budenny's village have formed a People's Guard. The Soviet steel mills and munitions factories continue to increase their output. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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MRS FARGIE TALKS TO MOVIETONE
Accompanied by her next-door neighbour, Mr Graham (who organised the petition for her husband's release), Mrs Fargie says a few words at her home in Hunsworth, Yorks. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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FRENCH BATTLE REBELS
Artillery played a big part in the recent desperate struggle of French and Indo Chinese troops against the rebels. At one critical moment parachute troops were used to reinforce French units, cut off during the battle for Nin-Binh, some...
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RED PRISONERS BY THE THOUSAND
The repulse of the Chinese Communists' Spring offensive resulted in large numbers of prisoners (many of them very young) being taken by the United Nations. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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HONG KONG BRITISH AGAIN
The last of the major Japanese surrenders was signed at Hong Kong on the sixteenth of September. Not before some Japanese resistance had been overcome and prisoners rounded up. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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ALL QUIET ON KOREAN FRONT
It was ""All Quiet on the Korean Front"" the day after the signing of the Armistice in July, 1953. Men from both sides came out of their bunkers and fox-holes to look around. Peace was certainly in the air. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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FIRST BRITISH POW'S FREED
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KOREAN PRISONERS QUELLED
The United Nations prisoner of war camp on the island of Pongam off the coast of South Korea was the scene of the recent uprising, in which eighty-two Red rioters were killed. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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ALLIES APPLY SQUEEZE TO FALAISE GAP -
United Kingdom and Canadian troops had been battering the ""hinge"" and now the Canadians push down the road to Falaise. The southern arm was being rapidly placed in position by the Americans' wide out-flanking sweep. Disclaimer: British...
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FALL OF CHERBOURG -
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The Battle of France has already moved many miles inland. The Allied Air Forces...
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FALL OF CHERBOURG -
The Battle of France has already moved many miles inland. The Allied Air Forces have played a large part in the operation flying 31,000 sorties between the first and sixth of June. As the Americans closed in on the port of Cherbourg they...
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HOW THEY CAME BACK
1939 ... ® ® The first big prisoners exchange of the war has taken place in Gothenburg, Sweden. Some eight hundred Germans were handed over there (many more went home through Oran). Over five thousand British prisoners were being...
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VOLTURNO BARRIER OVERCOME -
The Fifth Army have crossed the River Volturno beyond Naples and continue to move northwards. It was not long before German prisoners were being brought in, as the push for Rome was maintained. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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1,000 MILES OF ATTACK -
The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point in the war on the Eastern front, since then the Germans have suffered defeat after defeat. The city is still in ruins but the Soviet people are beginning the rebuild. Victories have taken...
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PRISONERS EXCHANGE -
Another exchange of prisoners has taken place, this time in Barcelona. Many of the wounded were men from the Dominions who had fought in Greece and Crete. The Spanish Red Cross assisted with the exchange. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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FAR EAST WAR -
The Japanese have come under sustained attack from American Forces such as those which struck on bases in the Marianas. In Burma supplies are being packed up for a parachute drop to the 7th Indian Division which has been cut off by the...
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RUSSIA STRIKES BACK
In Russia advances are being made on the Stalingrad front as the Red Army prevent the Nazi's from taking the city. Further north forces under General Zhukov have broken through on the upper reaches of the Volga. Finally there are...
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NORTH AFRICAN FRONT - LATEST PICTURES -
German prisoners rounded up in the vicinity of Algiers were mostly men of the Luftwaffe. An important link in the chain of advance to Tunisia is the small town of Bougie. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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RAF'S BLITZ ADVANCE IN LIBYA -
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TUNISIA BATTLE FRONT (Latest Pictures) -
The Eighth Army have taken many Italian and German prisoners in North Africa. 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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ROAD TO BENGHAZI -
The latest pictures from Libya show the quiet occupation of Barce a sizeable town on the road to Benghazi. The Eighth Army got the railway working again, bringing supplies to forward bases. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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FREED FROM THE JAPS
The latest film from Singapore shows the welcome our forces received from the Chinese Community. Civilian internees had been waiting to be freed and are now receiving the food and medical attention they so badly need. Disclaimer: British...
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NATIONAL GALLERY'S BOMB
Unexploded bombs continue to turn up in London and recent inspections indicated that there might be one just outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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THE THRUST INTO HOLLAND -
For the moment the focal point of the war is the British 2nd Army's advance to link up with the airborne forces at Arnhem. Valkenswaard was the first place to be freed and it was then onto Eindhoven. Whilst the Dutch rejoiced in...