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Leap day babies get an extra birthday to celebrate
Leap years exist to keep months in sync with annual events, and there is just a 1 in 1,461 chance of being born on a leap day.
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QUEEN MARY'S BIRTHDAY
The Royal Family visited the Chelsea Flower Show and Queen Mary also was an early visitor. On 26th May Queen Mary celebrates her eightieth birthday and Movietone wish her many happy returns. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Babies are headline news in 1964, with four new Royal arrivals expected. We show pictures of the Queen and her children in 1960, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon with their son Viscount Linley, Princess Alexandra and her husband Angus...
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SYND 25-10-71 TOWN OF VALLAURIS CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY OF PICASSO
Town of Vallauris, in France, celebrates 90th birthday of Picasso, but the painter chose to ignore the celebrations
1) town sign: "Vallauris"
2) street scene
3)maypole dancing
4) old building with flags
5) various pan across Picasso...
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Iraqis mark Saddam's birthday with mixed feelings
Baghdad
1. Zoom in from wide of people in the street celebrating birthday of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
2. Various of celebrators carrying pictures of Saddam and his half brother Barzan, chanting pro-Saddam slogans, with...
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PRINCESS
The Royal Family posed for these pictures during a well earned rest at the Natal Park. Congratulations to Princess Elizabeth on her twenty first birthday. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
SIR WINSTON - A DEEPENING SLEEP
Pictures show the anxiety and sadness as friends and admirers wait patiently for news of Sir Winston, outside his house in Hyde Park Gate. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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CAN199 BUDDHA BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
People celebrate Buddha's birthday.
*Date is approx*
1. vs of people marching with banners and floats
2. vs of the crowd being held back by police line
3. vs of balloons being released
4. ms of Buddhist monk seated
5. vs of people...
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Professional clowns fight back against "creepy" image
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4061158LEAD IN:Professional clowns are trying to shrug off their "creepy" image ahead of Halloween as clown hysteria sweeps the world. Being a clown these days is no laughing matter with reports across...
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SYND 26 10 78 SHAH'S BIRTHDAY MARKED BY DEMONSTARIONS ACROSS IRAN
The Shah Of Iran's 59th birthday was marked with more protests and violence. In the southern town of Jahrom the chief of police was shot dead by a sniper when returning from ceremonies. The town's martial law administrator was wounded in...
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THAILAND: KING BUMIPOL 68TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
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Thousands of Thais have turned out to see the world's longest reigning monarch, King Bhumipol, review the colourful Thai Royal Guards.
It was the start of national celebrations to mark the King's 68th birthday this...
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UPITN 21 12 76 RECEPTION IN KREMLIN FOR BREZHNEV'S 70th BIRTHDAY
Guests and heads of Communist countries attend a 70th birthday banquet for Soviet Party leader, Leonid Brezhnev
1. Soviet Party officials walk up stairs to reception
2. various shots, party officials talking together
3. Women up...
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Shiites gather to celebrate birthday of Imam Mahdi
1. Imam Abbas shrine lit up with crowds celebrating outside
2. Crowds outside the shrine
3. Shrine lit up against dusk sky
4. Crowd of pilgrims clapping and celebrating
5. Closer shot crowd celebrating
6. Crowds of people filing past...
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SYND 20 6 67 SHIRALI MUSLIMOV, THE WORLD'S OLDEST MAN CELEBRATES 163RD BIRTHDAY
The oldest man in the world recently celebrated his 163rd birthday in Russia. Shirali Muslimov is a shepherd living in the village of Barzavu.
1. ls and pan winding road through trees to village
2. cu blossom
3. ws and pan down hillside...
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CAN103 CHANCELLOR ERHARD'S 67TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
West Germany's Chancellor Ludwig Erhard celebrates 67th birthday.
ws Palace Schaumburg
mcu flag
vs Erhard approaching guard of honour
mcu Guard of honour
ms Erhard passes guard of honour
ms guard of honor
cu Erhard waves turns and...
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Thousands commemorate birthday of former dictator in home town
1. Parade to Saddam Hussein's grave at school
2. Young girls with banner reading: "Our father Saddam, Happy Birthday and you will be in our hearts for ever "
3. Children in front of Saddam's grave singing in support of Saddam, teachers...
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SYND 4-9-73 BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR GORILLA IN NEW YORK ZOO
A gorilla in New York Zoo celebrated his first birthday with a party.
1. vs gorilla cage, two gorillas, one with baby
2. vs spectators watching the gorillas
3. zoom out signtaures on birthday notice for goriolla by cage.
4. cu birthday...
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SYND 15 11 75 CHILDREN'S DAY CELEBRATIONS ON NEHRU'S BIRTHDAY IN INDIA
Children's Day celebrations on Nehru's birthday in New Delhi.
1. gv Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi2. ms memorial decorated with flowers3. various of people placing garlands on memorial4. ms Indira Gandhi placing rose petals on...
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CAN 130 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, IN PARIS, FOR SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Birthday celebrations, in Montmatre, Paris, for Sir Winston Churchill
1. ms portrait painting of Sir Winston Churchill and onlookers, tower of the Basilica Sacre Coeur in background
2. cu men lighting candles on birthday cake, tilt up...
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SYND 27/2/72 LIZ TAYLOR'S BIRTHDAY PARTY IN BUDAPEST
Celebrities and celebrations at Elizabeth Taylor's 40th birthday party extravaganza in Budapest.
1. gv dining room
2. various of table decorations
3. decorations, pull out to gv
4. ms, zoom in to cu birthday cake
5. ms Ringo Starr...
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CAN204 LORD BEAVERBROOK CELEBRATES HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY
File footage of Lord Beaverbrook on HMS Prince of Wales and at the Dorchester Hotel celebrating his 85 birthday at London's Dorchester Hotel. Newspaper mogul Lord Thomson features.
1. ws ship PRINCE OF WALES
2. ms Lord Beaverbrook and...
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PERU: LIMA: DEMONSTRATION CALLING FOR PEACEFUL END TO EMBASSY SIEGE
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Hundreds of Peruvian shantytown women gathered in protest in Lima on Saturday calling for a peaceful end to the rebel siege of the Japanese embassy.
Peruvian rebels seized the Japanese embassy in Lima Tuesday, taking...
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SYND 15-1-74 FORMER BOXING CHAMPION GEORGES CARPENTIER CELEBRATES HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY IN PARIS
Former boxing champion Georges Carpentier celebrates his 80th birthday in Paris.
1. ms Georges arrives, applaud
2. mcu impressive tall cake
3. mcu Georges between two women, women kiss him
4. mcu Georges with cake and women
5. cu...
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UK - Camilla Parker-Bowles birthday
Camilla Parker-Bowles celebrated her 50th Birthday on Thursday (17/7) with Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne. Shortly before dusk, the Prince sent a car to whisk Parker-Bowles off to his house, Highgrove, where on Friday...