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SHADES OF 1914-18
As in the last war women are taking over as conductresses on the buses. 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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DESPITE THE TRAGEDY MANY FRENCHMEN WILL FIGHT ON - NO SOUND
General de Gaulle comes forward as champion of his countrymen. The men of the French Colonies rally to the cause. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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FIREMEN'S DISPLAY IN LONDON -
The Auxiliary Fire Service on parade in Hyde Park. 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...
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Gales Leaves Trail Of Havoc
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TUNISIA -
The first pictures of the Eighth Army positions since that magnificent force moved up towards the Mareth Line. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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ITALIANS REPATRIATED -
A convoy of ships carries fifteen thousand Italian prisoners of war back to Italy. 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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TRIPOLI TODAY -
As soon as the Eighth Army occupied Tripoli the civilian population began to return to the city. The streets there begin to return to normal, although the harbour area is still showing the signs of allied bombing. Disclaimer: British...
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WOMEN WORK WONDERS - A MOVIETONE NEWSICAL DEVISED AND EDITED BY CHARLES RIDLEY.
Women have played a large part in the war effort during the past three years. 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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BOMBS IN LONDON TUBE STATIONS -
Mystery of the explosions at Tottenham Court Road and Leicester Square stations. 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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WORLD PROBLEM - COAL -
The problem of maintaining the output of coal is as widespread as it is urgent and vital. In Canada miners in the fighting forces have been volunteering to go back in the pits. In America the mines have been troubled once again by...
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Elberfeld - A hanging tramway.
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BATTLE OF EGYPT -
The new defence position at El Alamein is being reinforced and General Auchinleck went up to the front to see for himself. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps works on disabled tanks to bring them back into service as seen as possible. Land...
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BURMA LATEST NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS -
Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese arrived in Colombo on his way to take up command of the Eleventh Army Group. Supplies for the troops in Burma have to be taken up river and then transferred to mules for an arduous 180 mile journey....
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BLIGHTY LEAVE -
Units of the British Second Army held a ballot to decide who would go on home leave. At the London station there was a large crowd to cheer the men, on the first official leave since D-Day. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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The RAF at war.
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Gracie Fields and her investiture.
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FIRE AND FLOOD
Flood in Valencia - when the water subsided, streets had been turned into mud-swamps. The breaking of the Turia River's banks caused the loss of over sixty lives, with many people missing and five thousand left homeless. Fire fanned by...
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GIANT CRANE -
A remote control camera was used to film the giant crane in use at Holborn Viaduct. 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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EPIC OF ODESSA -
The Soviet Black Sea port of Odessa has been under siege for two months and civilians and troops have been manning the barricades. Supplies and relief for the garrison are brought in by sea. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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TROOPS MOVE PETROL -
All three services were engaged in the task of distributing oil and petrol, when the life of the capital was threatened by the tanker-drivers unofficial strike. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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CHRISTMAS CHEER
Every year, it's the same story: leaving your shopping till the last minute, and then finding that everyone else has done the same! What a job it is: crowded streets pretty well everywhere, crowded shops, and so many things to choose...
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Holidays With Pay Enjoyed At The Seaside
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STAGE COACH
""Roll through England's green and winding ways, 18th Century style"". A British company introduces a novel holiday tour between London and Stratford-On-Avon, using original Mail Coaches from the seventeen hundreds. Disclaimer: British...
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ON THE MOVE
Leaving from Ramsgate, in Kent, an SRN6 cargo-carrying Hovercraft, introducing the Cross-Channel Hovercargo Service. ® From Australia, pictures of a ""Cata deca cycle"", a ten seater pedal cycle developed by a group of engineering...