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BISHOP OF LONDON PAYS FIRST VISIT TO ST. JUDE-ON-THE-HILL -
The Bishop reviews a parade of Home Guard, ARP and other Civilian Services. 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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ITALIAN EMPIRE CRUMBLES -
Imperial forces continue their advance into Eritrea and capture Asmara. They then move on to take the Red Sea port of Massawa. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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ACCESSION SERVICE FOR KING PETER -
A service is held in the Greek Cathedral, London to mark the accession of King Peter of Yugoslavia. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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AN HISTORIC MEETING BETWEEN ... - PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND WINSTON CHURCHILL
Impressive scenes as President and Premier confer aboard ships in mid-Atlantic. Mr Churchill travelled onboard one of our newest battleships the ""Prince of Wales"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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RAF AIR ACE'S SON CHRISTENED WINSTON -
The son of Wing-Commander Malan is christened Jonathan Winston Fraser. The Premier was his godfather, but his brother Major John Churchill stood proxy at the ceremony. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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DR TEMPLE ENTHRONED AT CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL -
Dr William Temple is enthroned as the ninety-sixth Archbishop of Canterbury. 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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CYPRUS DEMONSTRATION
A Greek Anniversary, celebrated in Cyprus:- Oxi Day recalling the Greek people's rejection of Mussolini's ultimatum to surrender in 1940. The Cyprus Government forbade any demonstrations which could lead to a breach of the peace, but...
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THE AGA KHAN ENTHRONED
The installation of 20-year-old Prince Karim as Aga Khan was witnessed by some twenty thousand of his followers in Dar-es-Salaam. Mr Rajani (President of the Ismaili Council in Tanganyika) placed the robe of the office on his shoulders....
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YUGOSLAV'S CHERISH INDEPENDENCE -
King Peter and his mother attend a Greek Church in London to mark Yugoslavia's Independence Day. King Peter then talks to Movietone about the patriots who have lost their lives in the struggle to free Yugoslavia. Disclaimer: British...
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ROYAL TOUR - THE QUEEN IN ADELAIDE
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Adelaide was gaily decorated for the visit of Her Majesty and the Duke and...
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DUCHESS OF KENT AT MANSION HOUSE
At the Mansion House, Mr Lyttelton, the Colonial Secretary, expressed the unanimous thanks of Government and country to the Duchess for her Far East tour. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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HER MAJESTY AT CHRISTENING -
Both the Queen and Mr Churchill acted as God parents at the Christening of the daughter of Mr Colville and Lady Margaret Colville which was performed at St. Peter's Eaton Square. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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LABOUR PARTY'S CONFERENCE
Mr Attlee talks over the prospects of the Annual Conference. Before the opening, leading members of the party attended Sunday service at the Holy Trinity Church, Morecambe. At the Conference itself, great interest attached to the...
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CARDINALS' ACT OF OBEISANCE -
At St. Peters, Rome, Pope Pius XII was borne in Solemn State to the Basilica for final ceremonies of the investiture of the new Cardinals. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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POPE APPOINTS NEW CARDINALS
In Rome, the appointment of twenty-four new Cardinals has been made by Pope Pius XII. Cardinals came from all over the World to attend the Consistory. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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WINDOW TO FALLEN -
In Westminster Hall - a memorial to the members and servants of both Houses of Parliament was dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr Churchill spoke of those whom the new window honours. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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RED DEAN -
Police were on hand in case of trouble at the Massey Hall, Toronto, where the Dean of Canterbury, Dr Hewlett Johnson, recently addressed a gathering. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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QUEEN AT CENOTAPH CEREMONY
Her Majesty the Queen, for the first time in her reign, led the nation's tribute to the dead of two world wars at the Cenotaph Ceremony on Remembrance Sunday. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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FAITH IN REMEMBRANCE
At this season of the year, close to the anniversary of the First World War's Armistice - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - thoughts turn to the mercy of deliverance to two desperate world-wide wars, and to...
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FREEDOM OF CANTERBURY FOR ARCHBISHOP
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Fisher, signed the Freeman's Roll and took the customary oath when he received the Freedom of the City of Canterbury. The Certificate of the Freedom of the City was presented in its casket by the Mayor....
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""THE ABBEY"" - SIR WINSTON'S APPEAL
Sir Winston Churchill (as he has since become) launched the Westminster Abbey appeal in the Jerusalem Chamber. It was an appeal for the sum of a million pounds and the first contribution - money given by the Royal Family - was presented...
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ROYAL OPENING OF BULAWAYO EXHIBITION
The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret were at Bulawayo during their tour of Southern Rhodesia, to open the Central African Rhodes Centenary Exhibition. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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STREET OF FLOWERS -
Once a year, a street in the village of Genzano (not far from Rome) is completely paved with mosaics made from flower petals. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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BELGIAN ROYAL WEDDING
The civil ceremony took place in the throne room of the royal palace in Brussels. Here, King Baudouin of the Belgians and Dona Fabiola de Mora Y Aragon took their place at a white marble table. Royal witnesses included Britain's Princess...