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CYPRUS REINFORCEMENTS
The Gordon Highlanders were followed by the Leicestershire Regiment who arrived from the Sudan. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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CYPRUS REINFORCEMENTS
The Gordon Highlanders have arrived in Cyprus to supplement the armed forces there. 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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COMMANDO PATROL IN CYPRUS
Meanwhile in Cyprus, Royal Marine Commando's are carrying out large scale patrols in the hill country near Agirda to restore law and order. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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COLONIAL SECRETARY VISITS CYPRUS
Paying a brief visit to Cyprus, Mr Lennox-Boyd was met by the Governor, Field Marshal Sir John Harding. The Colonial Secretary had gone to Cyprus to obtain first hand information. Also arriving in Cyprus, some six hundred officers and...
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CYPRUS TERRORISTS ON THE RUN
Over the Troodos Mountains in South West Cyprus, spotting was carried out by helicopters, during operation ""Lucky Alphonse"" in which some two thousand troops took part. It was later that the forest fire swept over this area, with...
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CYPRUS PLANE ON FIRE
Nicosia Airport and a blazing Hermes Airliner. The aircraft, which was about to leave with Service passengers on their way home, was being refuelled when it burst into flames. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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WAR SECRETARY WITH PARATROOPS
During his visit to Cyprus, Mr Anthony Head, the Secretary of State for War, paid a visit to the first Battalion, the Parachute Regiment. Latest development in Cyprus is the deportation of Archbishop Makarios. Disclaimer: British...
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REPORT ON CYPRUS
Field Marshal Sir John Harding has to deal with the situation, arising from a persistent demand for union with Greece. Sir John, who recently returned from Cyprus to report and consult, gave an interim talk. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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FRANCIS NOEL-BAKER
Mr Francis Noel-Baker MP has been having a number of talks with Archbishop Makarios during the very difficult negotiations. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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MIDDLE EAST REPORT
In Cyprus where the news of the deportation of Archbishop Makarios came as a complete surprise to everyone, immediate reaction on the island was quiet. The reaction in Athens was marked by wild demonstrations by irresponsible students....
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OVERSEAS TO SUNSHINE
Southampton and the last outward-bound voyage of a troopship from the UK. The Oxfordshire's taking the 1st Battalion the Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment to Malta. Four panther skins and a tiger skin were presented by the Indian High...
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BIG TERRORIST ROUND-UP
A ten hour battle in the mountains of Cyprus resulted in the surrender of a group of EOKA's most dangerous gunmen. One who didn't surrender was EOKA's Second in Command, he lies dead in a cave. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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BESIDE THE SEASIDE
A beach in Cyprus during the short truce when troops and their families seized the opportunity of enjoying the seaside for a day or two. The six mile beach at Kyrenia looked like a holiday beach at home. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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EOKA DUMP BLOWN UP
From a bungalow in a Nicosia suburb, a Greek Cypriot Police Officer named Houvardas was led away under arrest, he was followed by his wife. In their house, in a hide-out under a bed was discovered an arsenal of weapons and hundreds of...
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GENERAL KEIGHTLEY
General Sir Charles Keightley, the Senior General in the British Army has relinquished his command of British Land Forces in the Middle East. He and his wife were seen off from Cyprus by the Governor Sir John Harding and Lady Harding....
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A WHITE CHRISTMAS
Those who insist of dreaming of a White Christmas (even down South in London) had their wish. The snow was enough to make a visit to Hampstead Heath worth while. There was snow in Cyprus, too but Christmas Day for men of the Second...
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CYPRUS - 'COPTER PATROL
Helicopters came into the picture in Cyprus. ""Sycamores"" were about to take on board men of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - three soldiers to each helicopter. Their assignment was an operation in the Kyrenia Hills, searching...
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HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Some of the troops to leave Port Said since the announcement of the withdrawal of the Anglo-French Force, were men of the Royal Fusiliers. They sailed aboard the troopship ""Dilwara"". Meanwhile General Sir Charles Keightley and General...
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CYPRUS BULLETIN
Soon after Sir John Harding left Cyprus another outrage was committed, a British Officer was shot dead. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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CYPRUS RELAXES
For the first time in over a year, British troops have been out in the streets of Nicosia without carrying arms. British (and Cypriot women, too, for that matter) have been able to go shopping, with their children free from attack. Since...
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CYPRIOTS REJOICE
Greek Cypriot reaction to the news that Archbishop Makarios was to be released was instantaneous and uproarious. In Nicosia, big processions, displaying Greek flags marched through the main streets. British troops were on the spot to...
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BRITISH TROOPS IN CYPRUS
Cyprus - basking in the hot Mediterranean sun. For most its an idyllic holiday setting, but under the old world charm lies hostility. For years there had always been tensions between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, and when this flared...
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AMBUSH VICTIMS FUNERAL
The body of a British Soldier was borne to the British Military Cemetery, at Nicosia. He was killed, when his jeep was ambushed. His passenger fired back and killed one of the terrorists. The funeral of the dead Cypriot was a good excuse...
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CYPRUS TODAY - RED DEVILS NEW HQ
The new Headquarters for the Parachute Brigade and feverish activity marked the preparations for their arrival, when they docked at Famagusta. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...