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TO SUCCOUR MOUNTAINEERS
In the Bavarian Alps, twenty men of the German Mountain Security Service recently had an unusual assignment. Their task was to build a small hut on the Eastern side of the Watzmann peak. The idea was postponed when bad weather made the...
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PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Our pictures show Pope Paul on his tour of the Holy Land, he meets President Shazar at Megiddo. He then meets the Chief Rabbi who made the traditional offering of bread and salt. The journey was made to ""implore divine mercy on behalf...
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TWO NEW COMMONWEALTH PREMIERS
MR HOLLAND - NEW ZEALAND - The new Prime Minister received thousands of messages of congratulations on the election victory of his National Party. ® MR MENZIES - AUSTRALIA - Australia too has turned to the right and Canberra is once...
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MAKE WAY FOR SUMMER
The Winter sporting centre of Val D'Isere in the French Alps - gives its name to the highest road in Europe. Nine thousand feet - it's one of the last mountain passes to be opened up to the Summer traffic and they're hard at work just...
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UNDER THE ROOF OF EUROPE
President's de Gaulle and Saragat performed the opening ceremony of the world's longest road tunnel, beneath Mont Blanc, which will link France and Italy. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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ROYAL TOUR - RETURN JOURNEY GREETINGS
After their rest at Vancouver, the Royal visitors continued their Canadian tour - this time from West to East. It was after the stop at Edson that the Royal pair drove the engine of their train for some twenty minutes. The next big city...
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SNOW
In the Australian Alps, the Aussies make the most of their snow; and they've got some pretty attractive ski runs out there too. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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CYPRUS OUTRAGES
Metaxes Square, Nicosia and a surprise swoop by men of the 3rd Parachute Battalion, searching for concealed weapons. The day before, two Royal Air Force men were brutally murdered and one seriously wounded by terrorists. Just before the...
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CYPRUS TERRORISTS ON THE RUN
Over the Troodos Mountains in South West Cyprus, spotting was carried out by helicopters, during operation ""Lucky Alphonse"" in which some two thousand troops took part. It was later that the forest fire swept over this area, with...
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COURT CIRCULAR
Her Majesty, touring Yorkshire, visited Catterick Camp. And during her inspection she received a smart salute from her cousin, the Duke of Kent. He's a subaltern in the Royal Scots Greys of which she is Colonel-in-Chief. Then to Rhodesia...
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RAGS TO RICHES
Rags collected by two old ladies at their home in the French Pyrenees. The Boileau sisters aren't poor, even though collecting rags is an essential part of their livelihood. They create works of art, using cloth instead of paint. Their...
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THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN SOUTH AMERICA - COLOUR
Cuts & trims ex GR 1710A 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 not represent the opinions...
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AIRLIFT BY RCAF
At Tacoma, Washington, a Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron is on air-lift duty for the United Nations. Taking the Northern route to Japan, the aircraft head for Canada and arrive in Japan, with their supplies, by way of Alaska and the...
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MOUNT LAMINGTON'S TRAGIC ERUPTION
A Movietone 'plane took off at Popendetta to fly towards New Guinea's Mount Lamington; approaching the mountain, the vast scale of destruction caused by the recent eruptions becomes apparent - the country is scorched and lifeless....
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NEHRU MEETS DALAI LAMA
Mussoorie, in the lower Himalayas, has long been one of India's most famous hill-stations. The Prime Minister of India was on his way to welcome the Dalai Lama for Mussoorie had been chosen by the Government of India as the place of...
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ACROBATIC GLIDING
We take to the air and from a glider pilot's point of view we see the breathtaking scenery of the Austrian Tyrol. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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Lights off at Sugarloaf mountain for Earth Hour
One of Brazil's most famous landmarks, the Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, went dark on Saturday to mark Earth Hour.The cable car that takes tourists up and down the mountain stopped midway for 15 minutes. Other monuments in Rio...
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Peshmerga launch attack on IS-held villages
Peshmerga forces launched an attack against villages held by the Islamic State group north of Mosul on Thursday, descending from their positions on Bashiq and Nawaran mountains. It follows their announcement that there would be a...
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Junko Tabei, first woman to climb Everest, dies
Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest, has died, Japanese media reported. She was 77.Tabei died on Thursday of cancer at a hospital outside of Tokyo, according to the reports.She reached the summit of the world's highest...
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Heavy snow blankets Bosnia
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Bjelasnica Mountain, outside Sarajevo - 6 January 20171. Cars driving on mountain road2. Snow plow clearing snow off mountain road3. Ski slopes 4. People...
Bridgeman Arts
Woman wakes up, has breakfast and prepares her skis at the Skoki ski lodge in Canadian Rockies, 1930s
Clip from a 1930s promotional film about skiing in the Canadian Rockies. Banff - Lake Louise Area w/ famous ski lodges (sunshine, Mount Assiniboine, Skoki and Temple). Map follows. Titlecard reads : Into Lake Louise by Canadian Pacific...
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Austria, Coach Trip 1982
A coach trip holiday in Austria, St. Anton/Arlberg, Hotel Bellevue, Hexenboden, Innsbruck in 1982. Arlberg is a massif between Vorarlberg and Tyrol in Austria.