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P.IPE - L.INE - U.NDER - T.HE - O.CEAN
""Operation Pluto"" is another of those ""top secrets"" which can only now be revealed. The pipe line was laid under the Channel to carry petroleum to the Allied Forces landing on D-Day and to keep the supply going for the drive across...
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DEHYDRATION -
A demonstration in Connecticut of how vegetables can be dehydrated in your home. The process takes about ten hours and when you want to use them just soak them in water. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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THE RED ARMY SWEEPS FORWARD:
Nalchik Area - The Red Army has made great advances in the Caucasus stopping Hitler's bid to reach the oilfields of Grozny and Baku. ® Rzhev Front - Great advances have also been made in the Central following the cutting of the...
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The Short-Mayo Composite plane in flight.
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PRINCESS ROYAL AT RAY INSTITUTE.
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""Little Eva"" lights up Piccadilly.
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FILM EXECUTIVES MEET 3-D PROFESSOR
From Nice comes the background story of the 20th Century Fox announcement that all their future productions will by made in 3-dimensional films. Professor Chretien, the inventor, recently met Mr Spyros Skouras who flew over from...
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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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BUILDING BRITAIN
A private enterprise Research Centre in Surrey is testing building components, simulating the effects of fire upon brick walls. In Reading, an unusual ""Topping Out"" ceremony features Milk and Pinta Girls. In Trafalgar Square, Nelson's...
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SHOWROOM TO SCRAP
Anticipating the Earls Court Motor Show, Movietone considers how the car begins and how it invariably ends up. Ford's new Research Centre near Basildon has just been opened. Here a whole vehicle is conceived and tested years before...
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WATER WORLD:
The Mangla Dam - in West Pakistan - the second largest in the World, has just been officially opened. ® In Sussex, a demonstration of an under-water research vehicle that can descend to a depth of a thousand feet. ® In the Bristol...
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DESERT SURVIVAL
The RAF Institute for Aviation Medicine has discovered that snails of the Eremina Ehrenbergi Roth family contain a small quantity of drinkable fluid, and fluid is what you need if you're forced to bale out over the desert. The liquid...
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TELLY TRAFFIC CONTROL
Over a half a million pounds has been invested in Britain's latest traffic experiment to cut journey time. In West London, it combines Computer controlled traffic signals with Closed-Circuit Television - and could increase rush-hour...
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LORD NUFFIELD AND THE ""IRON LUNG"".
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MOON ROCKET
If pictures of Russian launchings are not released, one can be certain that the firing of their latest sensation, the ""Moon Rocket"", was no less dramatic than this giant American rocket, prepared to be launched. As in America, so in...
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PREMIER'S TOUR
A visit to the thermal springs in the district of Wairakei was a sight-seeing priority during the British Premier's stay in New Zealand. The Maoris offered a typical welcome. They said it with dancing and singing and it was obvious that...
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THE VANGUARD FAILS
A six-inch ""moon"", that was to have been America's first Earth Satellite, and a Vanguard rocket that was to have sent it on its globe-circling career from Cape Canaveral in Florida. A moment or two of high expectation after the firing...
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ENGLISH WINE
The grape isn't the only fruit to yield good wine, as many makers of home-made wine will know. ® ® We visit a famous Winery in Sussex where apples, elderberries, bilberries and currants are among the fruits featured in a list of wines...
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The development of telecommunications from Edwardian times to the highly automated near-future is the subject of a fascinating exhibition at London's Design Centre. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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YOUTH HELPS XMAS MAIL DELIVERY -
Schoolboys and girls have spent the first week of their holiday helping the Post Office to deliver the Christmas mail. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS
Her Majesty the Queen opens the New HQ and afterwards, makes a tour of inspection. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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HIGH TIDE
High tide at Chiswick as the Thames Flood season begins, and a look at the model of the Thames Barrier designed to keep the floods at bay. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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PRINCE CHARLES INAUGURATES TELESCOPE
At Siding Spring Observatory, near Coonabarabran, HRH Prince Charles inaugurates the new Anglo-Australian telescope. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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HINCKLEY POINT POWER STATION
A recent Royal Commission of Nuclear Power urged a restraint in this field, especially to the Fast Breeder Reactor. Scenes at the Atomic Power Station show the Reactor itself being loaded and controlled and where workers are checked for...