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Soldiers trial covid 'lateral flow' tests in Liverpool
Soldiers trial Covid-19 lateral flow tests being provided for Liverpool residents, plus interview with Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson.
About 2,000 military personnel have been deployed to the city to help deliver the programme of mass...
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CLEAN : Brexit impact on Facebook remains uncertain: Facebook
Although Facebook has announced it will open a new London headquarters next year and create another 500 jobs Nicola Mendelsohn the company's Vice President for Europe the Middle East and Africa says it's too early to say how Brexit will...
Bridgeman Arts
Early Flight Prototypes
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Early aircraft model in hangar, the Wright Brothers, 1900s
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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First Flight from London to Australia in 1919
B&W archive footage of Ross & Keith Smith who piloted, in 1919, the first flight from London to Australia in under 30 days
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First trans-Atlantic flight, 1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight, 14th June 1919. Clip from a film about the achievements of Vickers Aviation, made in 1957.
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First Flight from London to Australia, 1919
Ross and Keith Smith man the first flight from London to Australia, 1919
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Pilots and designers experiment with very early aircraft prototypes, 1900s. One crashes.
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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They Made News Prog 2 - Adolph Simon discusses his involvement in WWI
Never to be repeated interview with French newsreel cameramen, Adolph Simon, discussing his involvement in the first World War. From a programme of interviews with the cameramen who filmed some of the most pivotal moments of the 20th...
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They Made News, part 2 - Adolph Simon and Joseph Gibson
Unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century intercut with newsreel
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1909, Louis Bleriot sets off for first flight over the English Channel
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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WW1 aircraft and pilots, military funeral of legendary German fighter pilot, Baron von Richtofen
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Wind in the Wires
35mm cinema short on the history of aviation/flight narrated by James Mason. This highly successful film was widely distributed across UK cinemas in 1972, and was voted Top Documentary of the Year. Contains very rare footage of Wright...
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John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, first aviators to cross Atlantic. Smith brothers, first aviators to fly to Australia from USA.
Clip from Wind in the Wires, a 35mm cinema short on the history of aviation, narrated by James Mason.
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Vickers aircraft in construction, design and in flight. C20th scientific and industrial innovation.
Clip from Centenary, an award-winning documentary (BISFA Gold Award 1967 best UK documentary) made by Peter Baylis & John Edwards, a duo who won BISFA Gold for a record-breaking three years running. 'Centenary' was sponsored by Vickers &...
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Vickers Aviation
A film about 50 years of achievement on road and in the air by Vickers Aviation, beginning at Brooklands in 1907. The film shows vintage racing cars, and the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost of 1907, then follows the invention of early flying...
Bridgeman Arts
They Made News - shots inside an archive, cinemas and the beginnings of filmmaking
From a programme of unique interviews with top newsreel cameramen who were at the greatest events of the 20th century.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: Westward Expansion
In which John Green teaches you about the Wild, Wild, West, which as it turns out, wasn't as wild as it seemed in the movies. When we think of the western expansion of the United States in the 19th century, we're conditioned to imagine...
PBS
Pbs: Traveling the Bozeman Trail: The Bozeman Trail: A Rush to Montana's Gold
Learn about the challenges faced by pioneers as they traveled west on the Bozeman Trail, a shortcut to the newly discovered goldfields of Montana Territory. In the accompanying lesson plans (found in the Support Materials), students will...
PBS
Pbs: Early America: Hensley Settlement
This video segment from the KET series Kentucky Life visits the Hensley Settlement in the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park., a pioneer community.