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BY ROCKET TO SAFETY
From the flight deck of the Ark Royal - a new rescue technique is demonstrated. Rocket assisted ejector seats, to save the lives of pilots whose planes plunge into the sea on take off. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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BIG SHIP - BIG JOB
During her seven weeks in dry-dock at Southampton the Queen Elizabeth is undergoing a thorough overhaul. She is to be painted from head to foot and a few interior alterations have to be made. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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HMS ""LONDON"" HOME
After nearly two years in the Far East, HMS London returned to Chatham Dockyard where relatives of the crew waited to welcome the cruiser home. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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""TIRPITZ"" BREAK-UP
The German battleship Tirpitz is being broken up in the Norwegian fjord where she has laid since 1944 when the RAF block-busted her. A Norwegian company has taken on the job which is estimated to take three years. Disclaimer: British...
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""GIB"" GREETS ""AMETHYST""
Gibraltar had prepared a very hearty welcome for the frigate ""Amethyst"" on her way home from the Far East. She was met off Europa Point by two lines of small craft, as she steamed slowly in. The Governor, Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth...
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AMBASSADOR DISASTER
Wallowing in waves nearly forty feet high, the British freighter ""Ambassador"". Six hundred miles off Nova Scotia, the seas had smashed her life boats and poured into the hatches to contaminate the fuel. With engines out of action, she...
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THE ""IMPLACABLE"" NEARS HER END
The 148 year old ""Implacable"" is to be sunk in the Channel, it was launched by the French in 1801 and fought against us at Trafalgar. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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AMERICA'S CUP HOPE
Kurrewa V has been ordered by Australians, Frank and John Livingstone, and is being built at Sandbank on the Holy Loch. She may be chosen as the latest contender for the America's Cup. With the exception of the light alloy mast the boat...
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THE DUKE GOES BACK TO SEA
The Duke of Edinburgh leaves Heathrow Airport for Malta, where he is to take up command of the destroyer ""Chequers"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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LAST OF THE ""IMPLACABLE""
The old ""Implacable's"" last took her out from Portsmouth past her modern namesake, the 23,000 ton aircraft carrier. Escorted by warship and accorded full honours, she's been sunk in the Channel. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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POWER BOAT RACE
This year there were forty five starters in the power boat race between Cowes and Torquay. This race offers one of the toughest events anywhere in the world. The course is from Cowes, took the boats out round the Nab Tower before turning...
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""TALL SHIP"" ON THE STOCKS
A fully rigged 100 ton schooner is being built at Hull for the Sail Training Association. The keel-laying ceremony was performed by Admiral Sir Charles Madden, Commander in Chief of the Home Fleet. The schooner is to be paid for by...
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""WARSPITE"" TO BE REFLOATED?
The battleship ""Warspite"" which went aground off the Cornish coast on the way to the breakers yard, may be refloated. It is a tricky job because of the condition of the vessel's damaged hull. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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""AGE UNLIMITED""
William Willis, seventy one year old adventurer, sailed ten thousand miles from Peru to Australia on the raft ""Age Unlimited"". He makes his intended landfall, after freighting the raft from North Queensland where he hit the coast....
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SHIP BREAKS IN TWO
On the reef near Seattle, Washington, the Cargo ship ""Andalucia"" is abandoned by her crew. Fire in the engine-room left her drifting helplessly and she finally went aground - in two sections. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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DEMON BOWLER RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA
When the ""Orion"" recently berthed at Sydney, she brought a famous English cricketer to Australia, Harold Larwood; with his wife and five daughters he plans to settle in the country that once booed him whenever he bowled. Disclaimer:...
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""BELFAST"" HOME FROM KOREA
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HMS ""TRUCULENT"" LIFTED
Admiral Sir Henry Moore, Commander-in-Chief the Nore, was present as the attempt to raise ""Truculent"" began, the job was done by means of 'power lift' by the ""Energic"" and ""Ausdauer"", vessels formerly in the service of Germany....
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HAIL AND FAREWELL - DOUGLAS AND BEVIN AT SOUTHAMPTON
Mr Lewis Douglas, the retiring American Ambassador, says how sad he is to be leaving. The Foreign Secretary talks to Movietone about his recent conferences in America. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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THEIR MAJESTIES WELCOME FRENCH VISITORS
Crossing the Channel in the steamer ""Arromanches"", the President of the French Republic and Madame Auriol received a great welcome as they approached Dover. HMS Vanguard fired a salute and RAF Vampires flew over. At Dover they were...
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SEA RANGERS' ROYAL VISITOR
After being received by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Willis, Princess Margaret embarked in a gig manned by Sea Rangers. The gig took Princess Margaret to the 132 year old frigate ""Foudroyant"" and as Commodore of the Sea Rangers...
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THOSE RUSSIAN SHIPS
Laying close in-shore off the Helford river (near Falmouth, Cornwall) the ""Red Fleet"" of trawlers and tugs has been the cause of much speculation in Britain. The Russians say they're going to the Black Sea to catch fish. Disclaimer:...
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US AIRCRAFT-CARRIER BATTLES GALE
Arctic weather gives the crews a tough time as, somewhere in the North Atlantic, the American escort Aircraft Carrier ""Siboney"" rides out a gale. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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MALTA'S TRIBUTE TO HIS MAJESTY
The 13,000 ton light fleet aircraft carrier ""Glory"" was the central point of Malta's tribute to the King on his birthday. Princess Elizabeth boarded the carrier accompanied by Sir Arthur Power, C-in-C, Mediterranean. Disclaimer:...