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ROYAL WEDDING
Princess Michiko paid a respectful farewell to her parents, Mr and Mrs Shoda before she drove in a vintage car to the shrine of the Palace where she was married to Crown Prince Akihito. The Princess wore nine separate garments, weighing...
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1975 DERBY- COLOUR
The ""196th Derby Stakes"" and the stakes are the highest ever. ® ® There is £106,500 for the winner and a wonderful day at the races for a record crowd. ® ® Almost from the start, it's Anne's Pretender leading the field, then just...
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GERMAN NEWSREELS ON HITLER'S ESCAPE -
Pictures show the room in which the alleged attempt on Hitler's life was made. The bomb killed and wounded everybody except the Fuehrer. At Tannenberg Marshal Goering presided over the funeral of General Korten, Chief of Hitler's general...
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GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL RUINS -
RAF films show the damage that Allied bombing has done to such places as Hanover, Duisburg etc. The Krupps armament factory at Essen now lies in ruins. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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ANTI FASCIST FURY IN ROME -
The scenes in the court at the trial of Pietro Caruso and Donato Caretta were those of a lynch mob. Caretta was beaten and trampled to death and his body was thrown in the Tiber. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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FORWARD IN NORMANDY -
In Caen the inhabitants were quickly finding out the many advantages of British occupation, American biscuits, French cheese and butter were being distributed. In Cherbourg French girls who had collaborated with the Germans had their...
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GOOD NEWS IN THE WEST -
Good news of the Allied advance through France is being received every day. Monty is seen in conference with Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, Air Marshals Broadhurst and Coningham and General Crerar (commanding the Canadian...
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GOOD NEWS IN THE WEST -
Good news of the Allied advance through France is being received every day. Monty is seen in conference with Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, Air Marshals Broadhurst and Coningham and General Crerar (commanding the Canadian...
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FFI FIGHT FOR PARIS -
This is the inside story of the men and women who fought so fiercely for the liberations of Paris. Streets were torn up to make barricades and the Police were formed into a battle unit. They fought from windows and roof tops and the...
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Legal Luminaries on Annual Parade
Procession of Judges to House of Lords marks opening of new Term. 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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US Coast Guards Seize Rum Ship
Josephine 'K' laden with cargo of liquor taken into NY harbour after long chase. 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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France Makes Drive On Corsican Bandits
Troops occupy villages in Mediterranean island for years dominated by racketeers. 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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Movietone Films Line Up Of Crooks
New York detectives sit in on an inspection of criminals paraded for future observation. 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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World Shocked By Kidnapping Of Lindbergh Baby
British Movietone News brings to you the only animated pictures made of the unfortunate child of America's air hero and his wife. As our story opens, police and reporters are investigating the house of Hopewell from which the baby was...
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Boy Gunman Caught In New York City
Spectacular siege ends in capture of 20-years-old Shorty Crowley, 2-gun slayer of policemen. 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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TALK BETTER THAN TROUBLE
Some 2,000 people are thought to be homeless after the recent outburst of violence in Northern Ireland. And violence erupts at the Ulster Office in London between Civil Rights Marchers and the Police, with some 60 people injured....
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HOME AT LAST
The ordeal of Mrs Gerald Brooke is over - her husband is home again in London after over four years detention by the Russians. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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VIGIL AT WESTON
At last - the vigil is over. 28 year old John James throws his gun through the window and the Police move in. This was the climax to the siege of Weston-under-Redcastle, in which the lives of a wife and four children have been in...
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THE SHROPSHIRE DILEMMA
Days and nights of agonising indecision, during the siege of Gunman John James, his wife and their four children at Weston-under-Redcastle. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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AAR SKYJACKING
Eight and three quarter million pounds worth of Jumbo Jet, blown up by Guerillas at Cairo Airport starts the latest, most serious, wave of Skyjacking, in which hundreds of lives are held to ransom by a group of terrorists who threaten to...
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POP WEDDING
Popstar Barry Gibb marries Linda Grey at Caxton Hall. 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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MAN HUNT
The hunt for the killer of Police Inspector Barry Taylor goes on across the snow covered Yorkshire Moors. ® In the past five years eleven policemen have been murdered. The morale of Britain's policemen is lower than it has been for...
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MODERNISATION OF ITALIAN ROADS
A speedy drive down the modern Italian Autostradas. 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...
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FFI FIGHT FOR PARIS -
This is the inside story of the men and women who fought so fiercely for the liberations of Paris. Streets were torn up to make barricades and the Police were formed into a battle unit. They fought from windows and roof tops and the...