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France - How A Snow Machine, Bangladesh - Floods, Germany - Flooding In Dresden, Usa - Hurricane Katrina
France - How a snow machine is combating the warm winter in the French Alps
French Alps - recent
Global warming poses a serious threat to Alpine ski resorts and the regional economies that depend on them according to a recent report by...
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A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in Nepal, killing all 19 people on board.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Crews search crash site in Nepal
CAPTION: A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in Nepal, killing all 19 people on board. (Sept. 25)
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) _ A plane carrying...
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18 bodies recovered after plane crashes into mountain in bad weather
The bodies of passengers killed when a plane slammed into a snow-covered mountain and burst into flames were taken to a Nepalese hospital on Monday.
The wreckage of the plane was discovered by rescuers earlier in the day.
Moving slowly...
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Storm kills more than 70 people in remote villages
1. Wide, village (MUTE)
2. Damaged home
3. Furniture, hanging in tree
4. Local police at temporary morgue
5. Several bodies (covered)
6, Child's body (covered)
7. Wide, pan from mountain stream to bodies
8. Wide, boulder-strewn riverbed...
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WRAP Opening of celebrations for 50th anniversary of ascent of Everest
Nepal
1. Wide shot of Mount Everest at dawn
Kathmandu, Nepal, May 28, 2003
2. Wide shot, street scene with welcome banner
3. Mid shot of banner
4. Various shots of Kathmandu street life
5. Wide shot, people standing around newspapers...
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Lebanon - Israeli Warplanes Attack Hezbollah Bases
Israeli warplanes on Tuesday (6/6) attacked Hezbollah bases in
southern Lebanon after a three-hour rocket and artillery battle,
according to security sources. The planes made four bombing runs
on the Hezbollah (Party of God) positions in...
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URANIUM IN AUSTRALIA
Large deposits of uranium has been discovered at Mount Painter, north of Adelaide and the Australian Government has plans to develop the site. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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MODERN BLONDIN
Harry Draves gives a remarkable performance on the high wire over a valley near the Zugspitze mountain. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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AMERICA TRIES OUT LARGEST LAND PLANE
The XC-99 is claimed to be the largest land plane in the world, designed as an American Army Transport. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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SKIING - ON NZ ALPS & FLORIDA WATERS
Skiing on the Alpine peaks of Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand. ® Experts water skiing at Cypress Gardens, Florida. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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PAKISTAN TROOPS WITHDRAW FROM FRONTIER
The Pakistan Garrison is being withdrawn from the remote fort of Waziristan. 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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ALPINE AIR RESCUE
A daring rescue took place when a Dakota aircraft went down in the Bernese Oberland. Swiss mountaineers climbed to rescue the passengers who spent four days trying to keep warm in sub-zero temperatures. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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ROYAL GOODBYES AT CAPETOWN
As the Royal Tour draws to a close the Royal Family ascend Table Mountain by cable car. Farewells having been said they then received a rousing send off as Vanguard sailed. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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Stavisky Scandal Shocks All France
Bayonne bank fraud and death of financier cause tremendous excitement throughout Republic. 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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Italian Quarrymen Blast For Marble
20 ton charge of dynamite dislodges huge face of precious rock from Carrara Mountain. 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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GREEK REBELS ROUTED
King Paul of Greece watches the combined air and land attack on the Communist strongholds in the Grammas mountains. The rebels were strongly fortified in an area of about 200 square miles. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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LARGEST SHEEP ROUND-UP IN WALES
Recently, in the Black Mountains. the biggest sheep round up ever attempted was carried out. Some 50,000 sheep were immunised against the dreaded scab. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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NEPAL - MUTE
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BEAUTIFUL BAVARIA - MUTE
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EVEREST CONQUERED
The spotlight of world-wide interest is focussed on Katmandu, the capital of Nepal, and here preparations were made well in advance to receive the heroes of the expedition - Hillary & Tensing, who actually reached the peak of Everest....
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NANGA PARBAT CONQUERED
Nanga Parbat - the eighth highest mountain in the world has been climbed at last, by the Austro-German Expedition. When the climbers reached Karachi, they were decorated by Mr Ghulam Mohammad, the Governor-General. Disclaimer: British...
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HIMALAYAN ADVENTURE -
Tom Stobart, of Everest film fame, hopes to secure a story for use to show later. ® Final good wishes from Guy Schofield, his editor, as Stobart leaves. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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A THOUSAND YEARS ON A MOUNTAIN
Off the north coast of France pilgrims make their way to Mont St. Michel to inaugurate its 1000th anniversary year. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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TURMOIL IN TYROL
Worst floods within living memory ruin holidays for thousands of visitors, cause over twenty deaths and severely damage season's prospects for Austria's Tourist Industry. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...