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HOVERING HELPS THE ARMY
The tactics and techniques of warfare are always changing, but one problem remains constant. The job of keeping the fighting units supplied. Pictures show some of the equipment used in the Army today, including the new SRN3 Hovercraft,...
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MERIEL WEDS ADRIAN
The Prime Minister's second daughter, 24 year old Meriel Douglas-Home, married Mr Adrian Darby, an economics tutor, at the Church of St. Mary and All Souls, Coldstream. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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""BRUM"" GOES UNDER
Birmingham is setting the pace. They have just opened the new Bull Ring Shopping Centre, which is the most advanced of its kind anywhere in the world. You can shop undercover with no street to cross and no traffic to negotiate....
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MARINELAND - EUROPE'S FIRST
Flying in from Florida, eight dolphins landed safely at Manchester. They were heading for the new Oceanarium in Morecambe, the first of its kind in Europe. It has cost two hundred thousand pounds, and is called Marineland. Disclaimer:...
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NEWS EVENTS - IN COLOUR
The Annual Chelsea Show has been held in the grounds of the Royal Hospital since 1913. Whether specialist or amateur, Chelsea always delights and fascinates. Harry Wheatcroft always comes up with something new in roses, and there is also...
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MOTOR RACING - TRACK AND THE TABLE TOP
The International Trophy Race at Goodwood in which Jack Brabham won and the Slot Car Racing at the Royalty Cinema in Douglas, Isle of Man. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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WOMEN IN THE NEWS
From Victoria, Australia a black-board lesson on golf for pupils at a school for deaf children. This sort of lesson helps to enlarge the children's vocabulary. ® A Beauty Contest at Heron Island, off Queensland, to find Miss Underwater....
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WALES ON WAY TO CROWN AGAIN?
An international rugby match - Wales against Scotland. The final score was 8 - 3 to Wales. 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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CUPBOARD LOVE
In one of Berlin's busiest streets, a Berlin student is protesting against lack of rooms for students. He has set up a wardrobe as living quarters, complete with telephone, flowers and an electric heater. The wardrobe has become his...
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PONIES OF THE NEW FOREST
Ponies of the New Forest have survived the centuries, but today their future in the unfenced forest is threatened by the motor car. However the annual auction sales still prove their popularity and Hampshire is determined to preserve...
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WHAT NOW, MR HEATH?
Pictures of the voting in the by-election at Kingston upon Hull North, which was won by Labour with over 5,000 more votes than the Conservatives. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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SPORTING ROUNDABOUT
Ireland kick off at Cardiff against Wales in the battle for the Triple Crown. The final score was fourteen to eight and Wales now have the Triple Crown and the championship. ® The Ladies Varsity Boat Race. Cambridge win by four lengths....
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DAY OLD CHICKS CAN FLY!
At Andover, eighteen thousand baby chicks were hatched and packed, to be sent to a state poultry farm in Hungary, which will eventually be stocked with fifty four thousand British birds. The chicks leave Andover in air conditioned...
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BEATING THE BULGE
Bradford has a problem - a bulge in the number of children starting school. A prefabricated factory - finished classroom section is to be erected on previously built piers. They can be assembled in minutes by four men and a crane. Ten...
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FIRST TRIDENT FOR EXPORT
Pictures from Hatfield of the handing over ceremony of the 1st Hawker Siddeley Trident for export. It's the fastest airliner in the world, powered by three Rolls-Royce jets and it will carry eighty five passengers. Disclaimer: British...
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HURRY ON HOME LOVERS
Presented at Olympia by the Daily Mail, the Ideal Home Exhibition, in which four design teams offer new suggestions for modernising your living space. The Exhibition will be open until March 26th. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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EARLS COURT AHOY!
Pictures show some of the newest craft on show at the Boat Show at Earls Court. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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JUMPING INTO SIXTY SIX
The combined Austria/Germany ski-jumping tournament in Innsbruck. As well as Germany and Austria, seven other countries were represented. West Germany took third place, with Finland second, but it was an East German who took the...
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BOYS AND GIRLS OWN SHOW
Pictures show some of the interesting exhibits on show at the Boys and Girls Exhibition at Olympia. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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NIGHT-LIFE UNDERWATER
Pictures show the Moulin Rouge in Montmartre, where they've built a glass-sided swimming pool that rises from below the stage. Girls dance an underwater ballet. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY
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A MUDDY FLOOD
French villages have been inundated by sudden heavy cloudbursts which overwhelmed streets and houses leaving a thick deposit of mud and rubble. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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HIGH ON A WINDY TOWER
Britain is on the up and up. New and high buildings are shooting up all over the country. However, high buildings have their drawbacks, such as high winds and rain. The Building Research Station, at Watford near London, is approaching...
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DOUBLE-DECKER HOLIDAY
Forty students from all over the country will be spending the next three weeks driving a double-decker bus round the continent on a camping holiday. The organiser of the trip bought the bus for four hundred pounds. They hope to cover...