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CHERBOURG DRIVE -
The battle for the Cherbourg Peninsular is very important. American troops, have fought a dogged and successful battle for control of the port itself. The drive forward from the beaches continues. The villages of Quineville, St. Mer...
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AIRPORT TO MINI-TOWN
Croydon Airport - scene of those memorable early chapters in aviation - is disappearing beneath the bricks and concrete of a new development. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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SOUTH BANK DISAPPEARING
Touring the South Bank Site to watch the demolition, the Minister of Works (Mr David Eccles) saw for himself how quickly the Exhibition buildings were coming down. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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MODERNISING UGANDA
The harnessing of the waters of the Nile by the means of the Owen Falls Scheme is one item of recent film news from Uganda. A more picturesque story from Uganda, that throws light on native custom and tradition, is the celebration of the...
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BRIDGE OF GLASS
Stapleford Park and a demonstration of a new type of bridge. Inter locking glass fibre sections make a 100ft-long bridge in only 1 hour. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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CITY DEDICATES ST. BRIDES
At the Service of Dedication and Renewal of St. Bride's Church, Fleet Street, Colonel Astor (as President of the Appeal) addressed the Dean of Westminster. Dr Don gave the Inaugural address. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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BRITAIN'S LARGEST REFINERY OPENED
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FATAL BUILDING COLLAPSE
In Barletta, South East Italy, a building crashed to the ground. It was day time, and most of the men were out at work. So most of the victims were women and children. At this moment, fifty bodies have already been found. The flats were...
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MR MORRISON AND AIR RAID TRENCHES
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OLYMPIC PREVIEW
Here is a pre-view of the site in Rome, where athletes from all over the world will meet in Olympic rivalry, next year. Preparations are said to be well advanced, including the construction of the quarters in the ""Olympic village""....
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NEW BRIDGE FOR OLD
Sheppey's new bridge, beside the hundred-year-old one now to be demolished, had a royal inauguration: the Duchess of Kent came to open Kingsferry Bridge, the Isle of Sheppey's new link with the Kent mainland. By pressing a button, Her...
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NEW YORK EYE-SORE DEMOLISHED -
The elevated railway. 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 opinions or...
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NEW BRIDGE OVER RIVER TIGRIS -
The Regent of Iraq opens the new bridge which had been built by British contractors. 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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CATHEDRAL BELL FOR LIVERPOOL -
Bell is cast for the new Cathedral. 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...
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KARIBA DAM OVERWHELMED
The Zambesi River has again burst into the news; by breaking all flood records, in its turbulent history. Over the Victoria Falls, spectacular: irresistible: disastrous. Disastrous: for the man-made project at Kariba: where the...
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ZAMBESI FLOODS
Portuguese East Africa suffered severely: the Zambesi river was creating flood-level records. Whole towns and villages were under water. That crisis is over. But the situation at Kariba is still critical. Engineers plan to empty the...
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE STATE VISIT
The reception given for the royal visitors by the Netherlands Government in the 13th Century ""Knights Hall"" at the Hague, was one of the brightest events. An occasion for meeting diplomats and ministers. Her Majesty looked at Holland's...
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ON YOUR WAY
The first National Highway to be built in Britain in the 20th Century is making good progress. Modern mechanical aids to road-making have gone into action, and the figures are impressive: over a thousand machines and some four thousand...
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IN THE GLASS HOUSE
Mr Hugh Pope an architect designed his own house built of a hundred and fifty glass triangles fitted together with wooden frames. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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42,000 TONS OF TANKER
A forty-two thousand tons tanker was launched on the stocks at Clydebank. The ceremony was performed by the Duchess of Gloucester, who named the ship ""British Duchess"". This vessel is the largest oil tanker yet built for British...
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GATWICK AIRPORT READY
Gatwick, Britain's latest airport, nears completion. It has wonderful transport facilities, and it is the first airport in the world with road, rail and air transport in one unit. A Heron aircraft made a test landing on the new runway,...
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FLOODS THREATEN DAM
The Kariba project in Rhodesia is threatened, and the circular coffer dam was seen on the brink of being submerged beneath the swirling river. Soon afterwards, water burst through its walls, flooding all the equipment. The work at Kariba...
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CHARTERHOUSE REBUILT
Founded as a Monastery in 1371, and endowed as a school in 1611, old Charterhouse was visited by the Queen and Prince Philip. They compared photographs of Charterhouse after the blitz, with the recent restoration of its historic fabric....
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A PALACE IN BAGHDAD
Here is a model of the new palace which was being built for King Feisal of Iraq in Baghdad, but was far from complete at the time of his assassination. It is reported that the new Iraqi Government intends to complete the work. It has not...