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ROUEN - DIEPPE AND ONWARDS -
The Canadians received a magnificent welcome when they entered Rouen. Bridges over the Seine had been cut by allied bombing, but some Germans had managed to cross and continue to Dieppe. The Canadians then returned to liberate Dieppe and...
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Religion: ® Description by Eric Dunstan.
New Downside Church is consecrated by Cardinal Seredi. 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...
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Funeral of Cardinal Bourne
The funeral of Cardinal Bourne takes place at Westminster Cathedral. 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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Movietone Attends Royal Christening
Happy ceremony is held at Moedling, to name heir to Archduke Anton and Princess Ileana. 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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WENDELL WILKIE IN MIDLANDS -
Mr Wilkie visited Coventry and Birmingham. 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...
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The Princess Royal in Leeds.
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Australian Celebrations continued.
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Ireland's Constitution Day
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The Princess Royal in York.
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BRITISH MOVIETONE PRESENTS - REVIEW OF 1941 ® COMMENTARY BY: LESLIE MITCHELL
A look back over the year which saw the war effort in the factories increase. The Atlantic Charter meeting of Churchill and Roosevelt, the loss of the ""Prince of Wales"" and the ""Repulse"". The Royal Navy claimed the ""Bismarck"" and...
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REMEMBRANCE DAY
Her Majesty the Queen, with the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Gloucester, led the Nation's tribute to the fallen as the Remembrance Day Service in London. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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ROYAL SCOTTISH VISIT
Impressive pictures of the ""HONOURS OF SCOTLAND"" presented to Her Majesty in St. Giles' Cathedral. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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Funeral of Queen Marie In Bucharest.
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POPE IN PORTUGAL
His Holiness Pope Paul visits the Shrine of Fatima in Portugal on the anniversary of a vision by three shepherd children. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
Maintaining tradition, the 14th International Festival of Music and Drama opened with a Service of Praise at St. Giles. Lord Provost Dunbar read the lesson. The City was packed, and the Earl and Countess of Harewood were there....
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CYPRUS AGREEMENT
Dr Kutchuk, the Turkish Cypriot leader is seen entering Government House to be received by Sir Hugh Foot. And Archbishop Makarios, following on his heels. How familiar a scene during the long negotiations of the past 6 months. Now,...
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THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS
Midnight in Nicosia, and Sir Hugh Foot entered the assembly chamber of the new Parliament, followed by Archbishop Makarios, who is to take over as first President of Cyprus. Dr Kutchuk, the Turkish Cypriot leader, is to be...
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TOMMY STEELE MARRIED
In St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Soho Square, Tommy Steele married lovely Ann Donoughue, formerly a dancer at the Windmill Theatre. Stars among the guests included Harry Fowler, Jimmy Edwards, Andrew Ray, Alma Cogan, Eric Sykes,...
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ARCHBISHOP ENTHRONED
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Geoffrey Fisher, recently went to Tanganyika to inaugurate the new Anglican Province of East Africa. Ceremonies included a service in Dar-es-Salaam at which the Province's first Archbishop, The Most...
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THE QUEEN IN WALES
Cardiff was waiting with a real Welsh welcome for the Queen. 14 years ago, as Princess Elizabeth, she came to an Eisteddfod, to receive the Bardic title ""Elizabeth of Windsor"". Now, her husband was to be acclaimed in the same way,...
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YUGOSLAVIA FREES ARCHBISHOP STEPINAC
The senior Roman Catholic Prelate in Yugoslavia has been conditionally released from prison. Long-suppressed pictures of Archbishop Stepinac's trial at Belgrade in 1946, underline the fortitude with which he faced his communist accusers....
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ITALY - ALEXANDER'S CONTRIBUTION -
The men of the Fifth Army soon made themselves at home in Rome. General Clark and General Alexander reviewed the troops and afterwards the C in C addressed the men on the significance of the Italian campaign. Disclaimer: British...
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WORLD'S SMALLEST ARMY
Numbering less than seventy, the Swiss Guard at the Vatican is one of the most ancient as well as smallest Armies in the World. But they're soon to lose their traditional armour and with it, no doubt, a lot of their photogenic...
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REMEMBRANCE
Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the Countess arrived at St. Paul's Cathedral, to attend the Royal Naval Centenary Service. They were followed by Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Kent, Chief Commandant, Women's Royal...