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RAF HARRIER PLANE SIMULATOR
A demonstration of the new Harrier Jet Vertical take off combat plane simulator. 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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COLDITZ EXHIBITION
At the Imperial War Museum in London, The Colditz Exhibition - an exhibition displaying escape equipment and various articles made by the prisoners. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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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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ROYAL ENGINEERS ON THE GO
Raising the dust at the Royal Military School of Engineering:- the annual demonstration at Chatham, by the Royal Engineers. The function of the engineers is destructive as well as constructive. The engineers have perfected a number of...
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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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US GOVERNORS BI-CENTENNIAL VISIT - COLOUR
To mark the Bi-Centennial year of American Independence, Ireland played host to some distinguished visitors, the Governors of the thirteen Founding States of the American Union. ® ® After being greeted by President O'Dalaigh the...
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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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BELGIUM GREETS HER LIBERATORS -
The liberation of Brussels and a large part of Belgium followed the great news from Paris with incredible speed. Before fleeing the Germans had fired the Palais de Justice intent on destroying evidence, but much of the books and papers...
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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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SHIPWRECK OFF SYDNEY
The coastal collier ""Birchgrove Park"" was in sight of Sydney, when she struck heavy seas during a full gale and had to send out an SOS, seconds later she sank only six miles off the harbour entrance. Ten of the crew lost their lives...
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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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PLANE ENDURANCE RECORD
In 1935 the Key Brothers took to the air in the hope of setting a record for one continuous flight. In order to keep the plane in flight, for the three weeks they managed, servicing had to be done by climbing onto a wing with tools and...
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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...