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ROYAL WEST COUNTRY TOUR -
During their three-day visit to the West Country the King and Queen visited a Cornish tin mine. They inspected Land Army girls and saw Wrens at work. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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TRAGEDY ON A MOUNTAIN
Approaching Sola Airport near Stavanger, 7 minutes before scheduled touch down, bad weather forced the Viking off course and towards complete destruction on a mountain peak. Here, amid the scattered wreckage, lay the dead, 34 schoolboys,...
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""TIRPITZ"" BREAK-UP
The German battleship Tirpitz is being broken up in the Norwegian fjord where she has laid since 1944 when the RAF block-busted her. A Norwegian company has taken on the job which is estimated to take three years. Disclaimer: British...
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EXPLOSION IN OSLO -
The explosion of ammunition being unloaded from a German freighter caused the city of Oslo to look as though it had been hit by a blitz. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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DUTCH-BUILT SHIP FOR NORWAY
At Amsterdam the Crown Princess of Norway launches a Dutch built ship ""Oslofjord"" to be used on the America-Norway Line. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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KING HAAKON VISITS QUEEN JULIANA
King Haakon of Norway was welcomed by Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard when he recently paid a state visit to Holland. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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KING OF NORWAY'S VISIT
A highlight of King Olav's 3-day visit to Scotland was the bestowal of the highest honour Civic Authority can confer, the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh, which he was to receive at the Usher Hall. Now to the Firth of Forth where his...
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DOWN IN THE ATLANTIC
The crew of a US Air Force Tanker plane abandoned ship for a life raft, after ditching during a storm 200 miles off the Azores. A rescue aircraft directed a Norwegian Tanker to the scene. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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REMEMBRANCE SERVICE
Her Majesty the Queen led the Nation in Remembrance of the dead of the Two World Wars as she laid her wreath on the Cenotaph in Whitehall. The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles also laid wreaths, as did the Prime Minister and...
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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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EASTER CROWDS DEFY HOLIDAY WEATHER
Thousands went to Kempton Park for the Easter Meeting and there were also crowds at Herne Hill to watch the Cycle racing. It was overcoat weather at the south east coastal resorts and dodging the waves on the front was the chief sport at...
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SYND 20 5 68 THE LARGEST SHIPPING EXHIBITION IN THE WORLD OPENED IN OSLO
The largest shipping exhibition in the world opened in Oslo.
1. gv exhibition hall exterior, pan across
2. ms Kign Olav V entering exhibition hall and is greeted, tilt up to sign
3. ms King Olav touring the exhibition
4. cu pan, ship's...
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CAN627 KING OLAV OF NORWAY OPENS PARLIAMENT
King Olav opens Norway' s new parliament in Oslo
1. ls exterior Storting parliament building
2. car arrives; King Olav of Norway out and towards building, saluting officers
3. ms guard of honour
4. King Olav and escorts enter parliament...
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SYND 18 10 67 NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER VISTS YUGOSLAV COUNTER-PART
Norwegian prime minister, Per Borten, visits Belgrade. He was greeted at the airport by Prime Minister Mika Spiljak, and the Norwegian Ambassador to Yugoslavia.
1. ws Norweigian ambassador to Yugoslavia and wife, with Yugoslav Prime...
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CAN441 WINTER STORMS CAUSE DISROTION IN NORWAY
Winter storms cause problems in Oslo, Norway. Footage of deep snow as well as a crashed Fokker F-27 Frienship at Oslo Airport.
1. ws man skis down street toward camera before brushing snow off a sign which reads 'Viking Skip'
2. ms...
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CAN516 TITO VISITS ATOMIC PLANT IN NORWAY
The President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito visits an atomic plant in Norway. He is joined by King Olav V of Norway.
1. ms la two Norway flags
2. gv ha pan atomic plant site
3. ms Tito gets out of car and met by Olav
4. mcu Tito and...
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CAN658 TANKER SONJA LAUNCHED
Former skating star Sonja Henie christens her husband, Niels Onstad, tanker "Sonja".
1. ws Olso town hall with pan to harbour and new tanker
2. ms Henie launches tanker by smashing Champagne bottle on bows
3. ms name on bows unvieled
4....
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CAN661 WEST GERMAN TROOPS ARRIVING IN OSLO
West German troops are shown arriving in Oslo, Norway.
1. ms ha soldiers on ship
2. ms la soldiers looking out to sea
3. ws Norwegian coast
4. ws ships in bay
5. vs ms ship
6. vs ms soldiers disembark from ship
7. ws tank lifted off...
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CAN502 WHALERS RETURN TO NORWAY FROM ANTARCTIC
Norway's whaling fleet returns after seven months in Antarctic waters.
1. ms Moby Dick fountain
2. vs people waiting on dockside
3. ws pan right tilt up from crowds on quay to ship coming in
4. ms crowd, woman with poster 'Heia Rolf!'
5....
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CAN511TREATY SIGNED BETWEEN KENYA AND NORWAY
Norway and Kenya sign technical aid agreement.
1. ws exterior Ministry of Economic Planning
2. ms sign
3. mcu Tom Mboya and Rimdal (?) sign agreements
4. mcu Mboya, Rimdal shake hands
Film: Pos - Sound: Mute - B&W - NYFilm: a0014600...
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CAN811 ITALIANS WIN FIRST RACE OF WORLD YACHTING COMPETITION
The Italian pair of Sartori and Massone wins the first race in the European 'Flying Dutchman' dinghy class of the World Yachting Competition in Horten, Norway.
1. ws dinghies on water
2. ws Massone and Sartori in no 122 'Tigrino'
3. ms...
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CAN676 PER IVAR MOE WINS WORLD ALLROUND SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OSLO
Footage of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men, 1965. The championship was held in Oslo, Norway. Norwegian speed skater Per Ivar Moe won the competition. Other skaters featured may include Finnish skater Jouko Launonen...
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CAN634 GERHARDSEN HANDS OVER TO NEW PREMIER BORTEN AT ROYAL PALACE
The new Norwegian cabinet takes over the government. Ex-prime minister Einar Gerhardsen handed over the keys of office to his successor, Per Borten at the Royal Palace in Oslo
1. ws Royal Palace
2. ms palace guard controlling crowds and...