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ADMIRAL CUNNINGHAM'S VICTORY -
A victory of Cape Matapan for the fleet under Admiral Cunningham, prompts a look back at what the Italian navy used to be. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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LIBYAN INVASION FIRST PICTURES -
General Sir Claude Auchinleck went up to the forward areas in the Western Desert not long before the offensive opened. Whilst there he presented gallantry medals to three New Zealand officers for their part in the Crete Campaign. The...
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NAVAL BACKGROUND -
Ships of the Royal Navy have been on manoeuvres in the Mediterranean and gunnery practice was carried out off Sardinia. Admiral Mountbatten visited the mine-layer ""Manxman"". Also 20th Century Fox whose work will be included in CS...
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FIRST PICTURES OF BRITAIN'S BOMB
It was among the desolate, little-known Monte Bello group of islands that Britain's first atomic bomb was exploded. For the test, the bomb was placed in the Frigate, HMS Plym. Dr Penney (who has since been awarded a knighthood) with...
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TOP SECRET ATOM BURSTS RELEASED
Large numbers took part as close-up witnesses of the recent atomic blast in Nevada. The atomic ""device"", a relatively small affair compared with some previous explosions, was to test flash and blast effects. Typical American houses...
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FRANCE'S 3rd BOMB
Our pictures show the preparations in progress at Reggane in the Sahara desert, before the explosion of France's third atomic bomb. The experiment was called ""Operation Jerboa"" (after a small desert animal), and a considerable amount...
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Lord Stamp and a Big Blast
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PLOUGHS INTO SWORDS
From Israel, pictures of the worst border incident with Syria for over ten years. Beside damage after ground attacks, the Israelis release pictures of aerial combat in which six Syrian Migs were shot down. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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Wigan Landmark falls.
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Famous sky ride of Chicago Fair meets its doom.
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HOW TO STOP SMOKING
The demolition of a giant chimney in West Germany. It is four hundred feet and one of the tallest in Europe. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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KATANGA BATTLE
Retaliation in Katanga after Congolese mutineers had opened fire on Belgian troops. The rebels were hiding out in Katanga which had announced its independence from the rest of the Congo. 4 days were spent trying to persuade the Congolese...
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MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW
An old bridge near Aachen in Germany has been replaced by a new one, so the old one's being blown down. The charges are placed in such a way that the old structure falls the right way without harming the new bridge which is just a few...
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AIR BLITZ ON ROMMEL -
The USAAF and the RAF continue to attack and strafe [sic] Rommel's positions to aid the advancing Eighth Army. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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RAF FLYING ARTILLERY -
The newest of the RAF weapons is the rocket flying ""Typhoon"". Every day these aircraft are over enemy territory shooting up German Headquarters, radiolocation stations, gun positions etc. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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MEET THE BANG BOYS
The men who research high-risk explosive materials for the Services and Industry have developed some cunning techniques for handling them by remote control. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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THE A-BOMB
First pictures of the latest in the Nevada Desert. 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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Explosion In London Wrecks 60 Houses
160 people are rendered homeless by disastrous blowing up of chemical factory at Mitcham. 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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OPERATION ""TEAPOT""
Volunteer members of American armed forces took part in the recent A-Bomb explosion at Yucca Flats, Nevada. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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Watertown, Mass. - Felling of 150ft. chimney.
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Czech Miners Clear Havoc Of Explosion
Country's worst disaster in coal shaft spreads vast ruin, involving many fatalities at Osseg. 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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UNWANTED CASTLE
The owner of a nineteenth century cast at Marcay in France could not afford 32 million francs for urgent repairs, so it was blown up. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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AMAZING RESCUE
A gas leak and an explosion was the cause of buildings being wrecked in Havana, the capital of Cuba. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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AMMUNITION BLOWS UP
There was an explosion of a Munitions Dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. 30,000 Brazilian soldiers were in a barracks nearby, but not one was killed. A number of the barrack blocks were destroyed or badly damaged. Disclaimer:...