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The Sandys Affair -
Political storm about official secrets. 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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TWO ATLANTIC QUEENS IN THE NEWS
It was the Liner ""Queen Mary"" that brought Mr Churchill back from his visit to America and his holiday in Jamaica. The Prime Minister paused at our mike long enough to give a brief summing up. The ""Queen Elizabeth"" has had two fires...
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IDENTI-PIC
Variations of the Police Identi-kit, a slide projector helps a witness to identify a suspect. 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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SCHOOL BLAZER
A State School a few miles away from Melbourne, went up in flames and smoke. Police said they believed the fire was started by 3 small boys, who decided it would be great fun to play with matches. ® Now, our pictures show the...
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A QUIET STROLL
Our pictures show a Ju-Jitsu master, demonstrating a few lessons. 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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YUGOSLAVIA FREES ARCHBISHOP STEPINAC
The senior Roman Catholic Prelate in Yugoslavia has been conditionally released from prison. Long-suppressed pictures of Archbishop Stepinac's trial at Belgrade in 1946, underline the fortitude with which he faced his communist accusers....
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CYPRUS - LATEST NEWS
Cyprus, where, according to the first fruits of the agreement, over nine hundred detainees are to be released. The first of them are seen leaving detention camps near Nicosia and greeted by relatives. Movietone asked some of the Cypriots...
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THE FRENCH CRISIS
France has witnessed many a political crisis, in the post-war years, this was a crisis with a difference; that confronted Monsieur Gaillard's eventual successor, Monsieur Pflimlin, the new Premier. The news came of a near-revolution, in...
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PRISON REFORM
To give outsiders an idea of what to expect: this prison cell is a new type, a suggested design for the prison of the future. Pretty comfortable, plenty of cupboard-space. Push a button for room service and a signal pops out. If they...
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PEACE IN CYPRUS?
A film survey of the long standing problem. 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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COUNTER PROTEST
In Vienna, Hungarian refugees protested against the execution of Imre Nagy, Premier during the Hungarian up-rising. And in Moscow, a demonstration took place to counter the world-wide protests against the execution. They marched to the...
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SOVIET SPLIT
Significant news from Russia tells the story of a violent split among the leaders of the Party. Dismissed from the Praesidium, Mr Molotov is reported to be under arrest. Mr Malenkov also received the full treatment, and Mr Shepilov is...
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CYPRUS
Throughout modern history, Cyprus has never been Greek. It was under Turkish administration for 200 years. In 1878, Britain took over by treaty, and in 1914, Cyprus was annexed to the British Crown. A year later, it was conditionally...
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TROUBLE IN THE CONGO
Leopoldville, the capital of the Belgian Congo: after the riots, the situation is quiet, though tense, and life is getting back to normal. The rioters had broken into schools and ransacked them, looting and destroying. Shops were an even...
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1958
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KRUPP RELEASED
Landsberg Prison opens its doors to release twenty-nine war criminals, whose sentences had been reduced, Chief among them was Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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RETALIATION IN THE MARKET
Eleven people die and more than fifty are injured in a bomb outrage in one of Jerusalem's markets. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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EL AKSA TRIAL
Despite an alleged confession soon after his arrest, Australian Denis Rohan, denies setting fire to the El Aksa Mosque as his trial opens in Jerusalem. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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SOFT LABOUR
Britain's first Prison Factory opens near Bisley in Surrey. To accommodate up to three hundred prisoners, it attempts to reflect the working environment outside, with a five-day, forty hour week, and more emphasis on self reliance than...
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Mrs Pawley Is Set Free By Bandits
Enlarged from baby cine film, first pictures reach England of gallant girl bride on her release. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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KOREAN ASSEMBLY -
President Syngman Rhee's recent action in Korea has caused many of his opponents to live in the Assembly Building to avoid arrest. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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BRITISH TROOPS STORM POLICE BARRACKS
British troops had waited in Ismailia, while orders were broadcast to Egyptian police to leave their headquarters and surrender. The Lancashire Fusiliers were the infantry engaged, supported by Armoured Cars and Centurion Tanks. When all...
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BRITISH TROOPS EXTEND CANAL ZONE CONTROL
The round-up of Egyptian police in the village of El Hamada was necessitated by police resistance to a search of this trouble spot - yet another outbreak of violence occurred, with attacks by Egyptian terrorists near the French convent....
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NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS
Her Majesty the Queen opens the New HQ and afterwards, makes a tour of inspection. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...