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Aged Folk Receive Maundy Money At Abbey Ceremony Which Is Attended by the Duchess of York and Princess Elizabeth
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TRIBUTE TO THE DUKE OF KENT -
National sympathy for the Duchess of Kent and the Royal Family was expressed by Londoners at a Service in Westminster Abbey. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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LIDICE SHALL LIVE -
The ""Lidice-shall-live"" Movement, conceived in Britain very soon after the Nazis' brutal blotting-out of the Czechoslovak village, received its official blessing when President Benes recently visited Hanley, in Staffordshire....
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DAY OF NATIONAL PRAYER -
The 3rd September, 1942 was marked by a National Day of Prayer for victory. 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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DOMINION DAY -
Canadian troops march through London to Westminster Abbey to mark Dominion Day. 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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THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY -
It is three years since that memorable Saturday and Sunday of 1939 when peace was slipping away from us. There was an air of unreality about everything, the sandbags in the streets, the gas masks, the barrage balloons and that false...
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END OF AN EPIC VOYAGE -
More pictures of the epic convoy to Malta have just been released. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
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PASSING OF THE ARCHBISHOP -
The funeral of Dr William Temple was held in Canterbury Cathedral where only two and a half years before he had been enthroned as Archbishop. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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PRINCE RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER -
The Royal Family pose for the cameras after the christening of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester's second son. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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HEROES OF ARNHEM AT THE PALACE -
Over four hundred men who had taken part in the battle of Arnhem paraded at Buckingham Palace. Sixty one of them received decorations from the King, amongst them Major Cain who received the VC. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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REMEMBRANCE OF THE FEW -
The Anniversary of the Battle of Britain was marked at Biggin Hill by a service attended by Lord Trenchard. A memorial to commemorate over 200 Fighter Pilots were unveiled by Group-Captain Malan. The King and Queen attended the Battle of...
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AS THE NAZIS GO BACK - REPORT FROM ITALY -
The Pope, who remained in the Vatican City during the battle for Rome, gave a blessing to the Allied troops after the occupation. When the Allies entered Rome they found evidence of Nazi savagery in the hundreds of graves of massacred...
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FORWARD IN NORMANDY -
In Caen the inhabitants were quickly finding out the many advantages of British occupation, American biscuits, French cheese and butter were being distributed. In Cherbourg French girls who had collaborated with the Germans had their...
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ON THE WESTERN FRONT - CONSOLIDATING IN CAEN -
General Eisenhower has visited the battle area to see the progress for himself. There was mopping up of resistance to be done after the captured Caen. The town itself had been badly damaged in the fighting. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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Haile Selassie heads news of the moment.
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The Pope's recovery.
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THE TRAGEDY OF ATHENS -
The latest pictures from Athens were mostly taken under difficult and dangerous conditions by Norman Fisher of Movietone. ® ® ELAS snipers were everywhere in the Greek capital and British troops continue to clear up pockets of...
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FORWARD INTO GERMANY -
The Siegfried Line has been breached and the first German town to fall was Roetgen. United Kingdom troops have crossed the Escaut Canal, this was the beginning of the drive to Nijmegen to link up with the airborne forces. The airborne...
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His Majesty in Westminster at luncheon with Dominion representatives.
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Mr Thoes Bernard.
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Dr Hinsley is made a Cardinal.
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London tributes to ""Dick"" Sheppard.
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MR MENZIES ALSO VISITS WEST COUNTRY -
The Australian Premier too has been visited Plymouth, in fact he was there during the Blitz. 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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AN EMPEROR'S RETURN -
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia returns in triumph to Addis Ababa. The Negus goes to give thanks for the freedom of his country at the Church of the Virgin Mary, Mount Entotto. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...