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BOMBSHELL AT BLACKPOOL
Conjecture and confusion followed the news on the eve of the Conservative Conference of the Prime Minister's operation. Then, from the London hospital, Lord Home brought the biggest bombshell of all: that Mr Harold Macmillan will be...
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THE SUEZ CANAL SEIZED BY NASSER
That 100 mile international short cut to the Far East, the Suez Canal, was run by a Company with Britain as its biggest shareholders. Britain guarded it in two World Wars, and its used by a vast tonnage of British shipping, now Egypt's...
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FAMOUS ATHLETES RETURN
Flying to London Airport, Australia's John Landy recently arrived in Britain. In Harrow, Roger Bannister with his parents and sister, gives his impression of the ""Miracle Mile"". Back home in Chadwell Heath, Jim Peters describes his own...
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PLANES, AND YET MORE PLANES -NO SOUND
Production of the ""Wellington"" and ""Blenheim"" bombers continues a pace. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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VISIT OF HM THE QUEEN MOTHER- COLOUR
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Channel Islands, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother visits the Holiday Isles. ® ® The Islands were the only part of Britain to be occupied by the Germans during the...
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THE PLOUGH AT WAR - BY DONALD McCULLOUGH (OF THE BBC BRAINS TRUST) -
Big new tractors are making swift work of ploughing and after three years of war we are producing two thirds of the food we eat. The Women's Land Army is three times the size it was during the last war and many parks, common land, golf...
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Japanese Kite-Flying Is Not Child's Play
Huge monster of bamboo and paper are launched by crews of over fifty in environs of Tokyo. 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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FRANCE CELEBRATES BASTILLE DAY
President Auriol reviewed the Bastille Day parade in the Champs Elysees in Paris. 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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SILVER LINING PARACHUTISTS JUMP TO IT
As part of Savings Week men of the 16th Territorial Airborne Division made a parachute jump from a barrage balloon. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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BY AIR AND SEA: US EDITORS REACH INDIA
The inaugural Pan-Am Round the World Service has reached Calcutta. 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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FLIGHT OF FASHION
Air travellers on a Pan American Clipper were treated to a mid-air fashion show. 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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METEOR SETS NEW RECORD
The Air Speed Record has gone again, 542.9 miles a hour was set in a Meteor by Squadron Leader Waterton. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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ATHENS GREETS CHURCHILL -
After the Yalta Conference Mr Churchill visited Athens. When he met the Regent, Archbishop Damaskinos, the square filled with thousands of people waiting to hear the speeches. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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BRITISH TROOPS IN GREECE -
The liberation of Greece began with British destroyers operating the Aegean, they were ordered to intercept and destroy enemy shipping trying to evacuate German troops from Crete and the Aegean Islands. The British first landed on the...
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VERSATILE WELLINGTONS - NO SOUND
The famous bomber is now being used for laying mines, here we see it dropping mines in the sea lanes off Tunisia. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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NORTH AFRICA - ALLIES CALL THE TUNE - NO SOUND
Cameramen at all points have gathered from front-line positions. These Movietone pictures of the most momentous ""Combined Operation"", which gives us control of the Western Mediterranean. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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US ARMY CHIEF SEES ARMY CO-OPERATION -
General Marshall with Mr Churchill watches a demonstration of modern tactics. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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THESE ARE THE MEN -
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Arising from the Tehran Conference are the names of the British and American leaders entrusted with high responsibility...
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DONALD McCULLOUGH (Question Master of the Brains Trust) - REVIEWS OUR WONDERFUL HARVEST -
This year the harvest has broken all records. 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...
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Memoir: ® A tribute by Eric Dunstan.
Will Rogers and Wiley Post. 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...
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California - The eye of the airship.
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Russia Lionises Its Arctic Heroes
Two intrepid rescuers of Cheliaskin crew receive Moscow's triumph, and later visit London. 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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""Mercury"" Just Fails In Record Attempt
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PLANES RELEASED FOR BRITAIN -
Planes ordered before the war are now being shipped. 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...