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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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PROGRESS OF THE
Naples, now being in the hands of the Allies, is a very busy port for the movement of supplies. Pictures taken by the RAF show the smashed railway yards at Benevento. Lately heavy rain has been holding up the Allied advance, mud becoming...
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CAN293 STOCKHOLM AIRPORT WELCOMES THE BEATLES
The Beatles welcomed at Stockholm airport. Paul MCCartney, John Lennonh, George Harrison and Ringo Starr disembarked to screaming fans.
1. ws airport building with fans
2. mcu sign on airport
3. ms brass band playing
4. cu girl fan...
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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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India: ® Description by Eric Dunstan.
Quetta being re-built after devastation in 1935 Earthquake. 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...
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INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
The Prime Minister paid a special visit of inspection to the Rolls-Royce works at Derby, where an important addition is a six million pound plant for making high altitude tests of aero engines. Also scenes of the harnessing of the River...
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GREEK POWER PLANT -
King Paul and Queen Frederika attended the inauguration ceremony of Greece's new Power Plant. 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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CONCRETE COMMUNITY
One of Europe's most advanced factories is opened at Thamesmead near Woolwich. It will produce the pre-cast concrete units for building this multi-million pound development that will provide homes for sixty thousand people. Disclaimer:...
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FOR THE FUTURE
A dream for over a hundred and twenty years is becoming a reality. The first ceremonial spadefuls of concrete inaugurate the National Theatre on London's South Bank. ® ® Around the countryside, members of a Motoring Organisation have...
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LONG VIEW
Movietone looks at telescopes, from the archaic devices built by Sir William Herschel in the 18th Century to the latest proposals in Radio Telescopes. The most powerful one in the world is soon to be built on a disused railway line at...
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THE DAMS -
With Still pictures and illustrative film Movietone reconstructs the attack which nineteen Lancasters made on Eder and the Mohne Dams. Chaos was caused by the flood waters from the breached dams. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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EGYPTIAN DELEGATION VISIT ELECTRICITY INSTALLATIONS - COLOUR
A delegation from Egypt toured the Electricity Supply Board's plant at Turlough Hill. Earlier in their visit to Ireland a 'Declaration of Intent' had been signed on behalf of the Egyptian Government, for the two countries to co-operate...
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Trains, Construction, Bridges, Dams, World's Fair
25:41 Passenger train of the 1930's
26:01 City skylines of the 1930's
26:05 Empire State Building
26:11 George Washington Bridge, 1931
Construction during the 1930's
Construction during the 1930's
Works Public Administration (WPA)...
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High Life on New York's Latest Skyscraper
Skyscraper city still reaching out towards the heavens. 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...
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Sydney Bridge Now Ready For Opening
Seven years of engineering work complete mammoth span across beautiful Australian harbour. 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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AQUA VILLA
With the cost of land and houses constantly increasing, a new idea in home ownership. The Aquavilla combines all the assets of a modern house with the additional advantages of river or lakeside settings. Floated on pontoons at the site...
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Wales again, and the threat of another Aberfan disaster as faults are discovered in the Lluest Wen dam. Emergency pumps reduce the level of the 242 million gallon dams as 2,000 homes are evacuated in
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PACIFIC WAR PATTERN - TARAKAN TO OKINAWA
Latest pictures from the Far East show the Australian landings on Tarakan. The airfield was captured and with the help of native labour quickly restored for the use of Allied planes. More importantly oil wells were denied to the...
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PANTELLERIA - THE SURRENDER -
The Infantry Force approached the island under cover from the guns of warships. Once they had landed prisoners began to give themselves up and were glad to do so. The capture of Pantelleria means the route through the Mediterranean can...
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GEILENKIRCHEN - AND BEYOND -
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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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Royal Engineers Throw A Bridge
Sappers at Wyke Regis span 100-yard inlet with pontoons in the grand manner of Julius Caesar. 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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The Welsh Wizard Finds Water -
Lloyd George shows off his new irrigation system at Churt. 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...
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Crystal Palace in the news.
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