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GAS TURBINE ENGINE TESTING
Opened by Lord Carrington, the Rolls-Royce Industrial and Marine Division new Gas Turbine test facility at Ansty, near Coventry. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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BATTLE OF EGYPT - NO SOUND
The new defence position at El Alamein is being reinforced and General Auchinleck went up to the front to see for himself. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps works on disabled tanks to bring them back into service as seen as possible. Land...
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DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE
Introducing the ""Avro 707B"" - at Dunsfold, near Guildford. Known as the ""Flying Triangle"", because of its Delta wing formation. It is an experimental research machine. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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NEW AIRPORT
The inauguration of Berlin's new airport Tegel-South after four years of building. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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FREIGHT HOVERCRAFT
The new Avon amphibious freight hovercraft on trials at Gosport. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
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CAEN LIBERATED -
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Recent heavy rains in Normandy meant another battle, that with the mud. The...
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CAEN LIBERATED -
Recent heavy rains in Normandy meant another battle, that with the mud. The battle for Caen was preceded by a real Montgomery barrage. Everywhere prisoners were taken making the total taken in Normandy by the 5th July over fifty...
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THE GREAT SURRENDER -
Movietone's dramatic newsreel story of German capitulation at Stalingrad, following the encirclement of the Sixth Army. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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WESTERN FRONT - XMAS 1944 -
Troops on the Western Front this Christmas are battling with wintry conditions of flood and cold. In Holland some of the hospitals have introduced the Christmas spirit for the wounded with trees and decorations. Parties have been...
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BRIDGEHEAD TO ROME -
The landings at Anzio caught the Germans napping having just moved troops up to the Cassino front. Salerno was the embarkation site and crafts of many sizes took the troops over to the landings. General Alexander was soon on the spot,...
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SCHARNHORST VICTORY -
These pictures show some of the ships that took part in the sinking of the Scharnhorst. The ""Duke of York"" is seen returning after the victory. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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JET NOISE ABATEMENT
Vickers have been trying a new ""muffler"" to reduce the noise made by jet planes undergoing ground tests. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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TRAINING FOR THE ANTARCTIC
The Majestic Tasman Glacier in the Southern Alps of New Zealand is the training ground for the forthcoming New Zealand Expedition to the Antarctic. Sir Edmund Hillary will be leading the expedition. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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VIVE PARIS -
(First pictures of the liberated French Capital). French fighting forces raced to the relief of Paris, wiping out German strong points on the outskirts of the City. General Leclerc, leader of the liberating forces, drove in with his...
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MEDITERRANEAN MISCELLANY -
Wounded from Tunisia leave Tripoli on their way to Alexandria to recover. During their passage by lighter to the hospital ship they were entertained by bandsmen of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The men on the Mediterranean front...
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KNOCKING DOWN DOODLEBUGS -
Southern England has been badly hit in the past six weeks by the ""Doodlebugs"". Many people, including air crew, are helping to repair the damage inflicted by these flying bombs. The American 8th Air Force filmed a pilots eye view of a...
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Autogyros Perform Their Evolutions
New cabin plane joins its prototypes in exhibition of windmill flying at Hanworth. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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Princess Ileana Has A Flying Honeymoon
King Carol's sister and her groom Count Anton of Habsburg, enjoy a laugh with Movietone. 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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RAF Planes Wing Over Pyramids
Movietone flies with British Squadron keeping watch and ward near the Suez Canal. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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Royal Air Force Display at Hendon
RAF Display of 1930. Culmination of year's training results in a marvellous show of skill and daring. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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MILLIONTH PASSENGER FLIES TO BENIDORM
One of Britain's biggest holiday tour operators give their millionth passenger the holiday of a lifetime in Spain. Mrs Jean Smith, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, with her husband and baby daughter are the toast of the coast around beautiful...
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TROOPING THE CONCORDE
The Queen's Official Birthday is always marked by the Trooping of the Colour - carried out this year by the First Battalion, the Scots Guards. But the show was stolen this year by Concorde, that made its first flight over London,...
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HIGH PLACES
In Paris, a job for cool heads as painters become ""aerial artists"" to clean up the Eiffel Tower. ® From Russia, equally high level employment for the teams erecting electricity cables across a valley a mile and a quarter wide -...
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THE QUEEN VISITS BRIZE NORTON
The Queen visits Brize Norton and talks with RAF families. 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...