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MARSHAL TITO'S LONDON VISIT
During the war, the Yugoslav partisans fought one of the bravest campaigns on record. Tito, their leader, rallied the patriots and pinned down a dozen German divisions. And now, President Tito arrives in the Thames Estuary on board his...
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RUSSIAN TANKS IN BERLIN RIOTS
Great force was brought to bear on the rioters in East Berlin where Russian troops and tanks were used to put down the uprising. The scene of the aftermath - deserted streets, where, a few hours before, tens of thousands of workers had...
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LUMUMBA - VIOLENT REACTION
Arrest, ill-treatment, imprisonment, death: such was the fate of Patrice Lumumba. It has been the signal for violent reactions in many parts of the world. First, in the United Nations itself, where a Security Council meeting was...
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REPORT FROM ALGERIA
It started with the arrival of President de Gaulle on what was planned to be a 5-day tour of Algeria. At one place after another, he moved freely among the crowds of Muslims, who greeted him warmly. But the other side of the story was to...
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LONDON DOCK STRIKE - MENS DECISION
After several weeks of idleness in dockland, the strikers met at Victoria Park, Hackney and decided to return to work, under conditions which they set out. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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ROUND THE BEND
One of the latest advances in industry - a tiny snakelike television camera which is used to inspect the inside of pipelines. It's just over two inches in diameter and two feet long and is claimed to be the smallest of its type in the...
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HOVERSHOW '66
The first ever Exhibition of Hovercraft held in Gosport. A full range of models demonstrate both Civil and Military uses of these revolutionary transport vehicles. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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FROM JARROW TO JETS
Pictures of the token march from Hyde Park to Westminster of three hundred Scottish miners who are protesting against pit closures. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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THE AMERICAN DILEMMA
Flashpoint Detroit, sparking off the blaze of race riots across the United States. In New York, Negroes leave Harlem to loot Fifth Avenue. In the words of President Johnson, whose Commission on Civil Disorder is to seek a solution, ""the...
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NEW LEADERS
May Day demonstration by Greek Community in Stockholm illustrates protest against the new regime in Greece. Composed of a strong military element and, led by Constantine Kollias, the new Prime Minister, it is claimed to have established...
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SHIVERING AT BRIGHTON
Chilly reception from Car Workers for Mr Wilson highlights Wages Freeze as major issue during Labour Party Conference. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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MORE ROME RIOTS
A bloody battle between Left and Right Wing students at Rome University results in many injuries. Control is only regained after the somewhat tardy appearance of the Carabinieri and Police. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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BELGIAN MASS PROTEST
Over 250,000 Catholics marched through Brussels to protest against a Government Bill for school reform, which threatens to cut the subsidy to Catholic Schools. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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LAST JOURNEY
They were loading horses aboard the ""City of Waterford"" at Dublin, for export to the continent. Too old to work, most of them, the horses were making their last journey. Here, Irish demonstrators protested vehemently against this...
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STRIKERS CLASH
There was a bit of a flare-up in London. It all started with an orderly demonstration against what the strikers said was black labour. When some of the demonstrators got into the office of the paper concerned, things began to happen....
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MARCH OF THE PLANE MAKERS
Around ten thousand people representing hundreds of thousands whose jobs could be threatened if the TSR2 and similar projects are discontinued, march in protest to Hyde Park in a demonstration to save an industry. Disclaimer: British...
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BAN THE BOMB - TOKYO STYLE
Nearly six thousand Japanese took part in this Anti-American demonstration outside a US Air Base near Tokyo. ® Seven hundred riot police were alerted, but there was no real trouble and no sit down. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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OPERATION RESCUE
The sea shore at Hoylake in Cheshire, is just one of the many places where thousands of sea birds are poisoned each year, by the oil which is pumped out of the tankers while flushing their tanks at sea. The RSPCA has got a full scale...
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KHRUSHCHEV IN NEW YORK
Our pictures show the Russian liner ""Baltica"", steaming up river to New York, and accompanied by helicopters and coastguard vessels. The ship passed under Brooklyn Bridge on its way to ""Pier 73"", which had been allotted as her berth:...
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""CHUNNEL""
The Channel Tunnel has just hit the headlines again following the announcement that Britain and France have decided, in principle, to go ahead. Its reported that a double tunnel could handle around seven thousand cars an hour. Of course,...
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CONTRAST IN COVENTRY
The most obvious contrast in Coventry features the two cathedrals. The old one stands as a monument to courage under the blitz of Nazi bombs in World War Two. ® The present Supreme Allied Commander, General Norstad, visiting the...
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CONGO DISPATCH
The United Nations Security Council met again to deal with the difficult and dangerous Congo situation, and it was resolved to call upon Belgium to withdraw her troops from Katanga. And the Secretary General was authorised to send UN...
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GERMANS PROTEST AGAINST DEMOLITIONS
Destruction of war potential at the Hermann Goering Steel Works at Watenstedt-Salzgitter has necessitated the presence of British troops to support the German police. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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ANOTHER ST. ANDREW'S CELEBRATION - CHURCHILL'S BIRTHDAY
To Mr Churchill's London home came a stream of presents and congratulations on his 76th birthday. As you'd expect, indeed, gifts and good wishes arrived from all over the world. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....