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Lindberghs Depart On Mystery Flight
Famous Atlantic pilot and wife leave Southampton for Ireland, with final destination secret. 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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FASHION, BEAUTY AND JEWELS -
Beau Geste Party at Claridges. 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 represent the...
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COURT CIRCULAR
At Westminster Abbey a royal engagement, attended by Mr Ikramulla, High Commissioner for Pakistan. U Aung Soe, the Burmese Ambassador. The High Commissioner for India, Mrs Pandit. The Queen, who was accompanied by Prince Philip went to...
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SOCIETY WEDDING
A London Registry Office: the Duchess of Argyll, the bride's mother, arrived. Then came the bride: Miss Francis Sweeney, now the Duchess of Rutland. She was given away by her father, Mr Sweeney. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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SIR VIVIAN FUCHS
Sir Vivian Fuchs was seen with one of the four ""Snocats"" used by the expedition. They were given names: this one's called ""Haywire"", and it's been on show, in London's Trafalgar Square. ® At Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty the Queen...
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PREMIER'S TOUR
A visit to the thermal springs in the district of Wairakei was a sight-seeing priority during the British Premier's stay in New Zealand. The Maoris offered a typical welcome. They said it with dancing and singing and it was obvious that...
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WEDDING BELLS
There was a combined wedding for the 3 sons and two daughters of Guiseppe Costa, a resident of a tiny village in Northern Italy. The idea was to cut down expenses. ® Another wedding took place in London: Police Constable Derek Talbot is...
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MR NIXON'S VISIT
Dining at No 10 with the Premier and Lady Dorothy Macmillan, was one of the social events of Vice-President and Mrs Nixon's stay in London. A glass vase, a gift from the President last year, an American Degree of Doctor of Laws and other...
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DEDICATION
At St. Paul's Cathedral, the dedication of the American Memorial Chapel was witnessed by Vice-President Nixon and his wife. Her Majesty the Queen, Prince Philip and other members of the Royal Family also attended the service. The next of...
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THE PREMIER'S RETURN FROM VICTORY MEETING ® PRESENTED BY BRITISH MOVIETONE ® DESCRIBED BY LESLIE MITCHELL ® FILMED BY THE NEWSREEL ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE MINISTRY OF
Mr Churchill stopped in Iceland on his way from the meeting with President Roosevelt, where he received a tremendous welcome from the Icelandic people. As the journey nears it's end the Prime Minister addressed the crew of the ""Prince...
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THE PREMIER'S RETURN JOURNEY -
Mr Churchill returned from America in a Flying Boat which landed at Plymouth. On the stage to Bermuda, where he made a stop over, the Premier took a turn at the controls. There was a great crush on Paddington Station when Mrs Churchill...
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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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LORD STANLEY WEDS
The wedding of Lord Stanley of Alderley and Mademoiselle Therese Husson at Toulon was attended by Sir Alfred Duff Cooper. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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THE 126th RUNNING OF THE GRAND NATIONAL ® COLOUR SPECTACULAR
The Grand National 1970 - and twenty eight runners face the toughest test of horse and jockey ever devised. Movietone follows the race from the rails, bringing the thrills and spills into vivid close-up. Four miles, 856 yards and 30...
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ON THE WATER
Britain's fourth and last nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Revenge, is commissioned at Birkenhead. ® ® Launched in London, Europe's first fully automatic light buoy, which could eventually replace the thirty two lightships round...
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ROYAL FILM PERFORMANCE
The fascinating, perplexing personality of a passionate Scottish schoolteacher in the Edinburgh of the 1930's is the subject for this year's Royal Film at the Odeon, Leicester Square. The Queen Mother, leads the Royal Party attending...
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ALL ROUNDER
West Indies and Nottinghamshire cricket star Gary Sobers weds Australian Prudence Kirby in Nottingham - and as you'd expect fails to achieve a ""Quiet Wedding"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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CHAMPION'S HOMECOMING
It was at Gwrych Castle in Wales that Randolph Turpin trained for the big fight; and now the laurels of victory as he returns there. An even greater welcome was waiting for him as tens of thousands packed the Town Square of Leamington...
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HOLLAND'S VITAL OUTPOST -
Defence is being built up for the islands of the Dutch East Indies. The islands are of great strategic interest and also rich in material wealth, such as oil. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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Shanghai - Nanking.
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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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NEWS FROM FAR EAST
Vietnam was the first foreign land visited by the Malay Premier since his country became independent. At a Temple in Hue, Tuanku Abdul Rahman and his wife were shown giant urns (commemorating nine Emperors), treasures of the historic...
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FAMOUS NAME FOR NEW DESTROYER -
Mrs Douglas MacArthur recently christened a new Australian destroyer, HMAS ""Bataan"", a tribute to the heroic American stand made on that peninsular. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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Stage and Film Stars were present to see Mary Churchill christen a 'Flying Fortress'. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...