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ROADWISE
The Ministry of Transport Testing Centre at Hendon where, in a year from now, lorries will be joining cars for the compulsory MOT tests. Over sixty Test Centres will be in use all over Britain. In Switzerland, a new six million pound...
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GIB SAYS BRITISH
An overwhelming vote to ""Stay British"" is the verdict of the Referendum in Gibraltar. Scenes of fantastic emotion celebrate the result. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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BACKROOM BOYS
Movietone looks at British Research - British Rail's giant Technical Centre in Derby, where a hundred and fifty mile an hour ""Train of Tomorrow"" is one of the projects. The National Physical Laboratory has just opened the largest...
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BRIDGE FOR SALE
London Bridge, opened in 1931, is up for sale to a buyer who undertakes to preserve it for posterity. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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FOG - BOUND
It was the worst blanket of fog this season, so far. Our cameraman rose above it, while earth-bound Britons were struggling manfully to get to their destinations. Aircraft were grounded at London Airport. ® Harrow was shrouded in thick...
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OUT AND ABOUT
Yes, we all went out, all of us, out into the fresh air - the open road, the beckoning highway and the scent of a thousand exhausts. Some lucky people spent Whitsun on the water, whooping it up on Windermere. And here is the new...
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IS IT WORTH IT?
Christmas shopping, and not many days left to get it all done. Wouldn't be so bad, if there weren't ten million other people with the same idea. And when you get into a shop, everyone else is there, too. When you've bought the things,...
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NEW BRIDGE FOR OLD
A transporter bridge, crossing the Mersey between Runcorn and Widnes, has long been the road link joining Cheshire with Lancashire here. We show pictures how motorists have got across from one busy town to the other. The method, however...
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FLOOD HAVOC
This is Exeter, just one of many towns in the West Country suffering from flood havoc. Devon and Somerset have been having the worst and wettest Autumn anyone can remember. Three times in a month, the same dreary routine has had to be...
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STALINGRAD ARISES -
Pictures of Stalingrad taken earlier this year show the terrible destruction wrought in the city and the struggle to clear and rebuild it. In Moscow, the British Ambassador was present when delegates from Stalingrad received the sword of...
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THE GREAT AIR RACE
To mark the fiftieth Anniversary of the first non-stop Atlantic Crossing, the Daily Mail announces a Great Air Race to be held next year. ® Movietone recalls that other Anniversary Race between London and Paris in 1959. Disclaimer:...
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Giant in a Maxi-Skirt
The first Hovercraft of its type in the World - and the world's biggest - opens a new chapter in Air Cushion Transport. We join Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon during the Royal inauguration of British Rail's new Cross-Channel...
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RAILWAYS DEMAND A SQUARE DEAL
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ON YOUR WAY
The first National Highway to be built in Britain in the 20th Century is making good progress. Modern mechanical aids to road-making have gone into action, and the figures are impressive: over a thousand machines and some four thousand...
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THE DERBY
The famous Race run on Epsom Downs. 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 represent...
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INDIA'S BIG EXHIBITION
India - 1958. That is the title of the exhibition which has just opened in New Delhi. There is also a contribution from Britain. ® The Australian Government has given India 24 Diesel Rail cars as part of a gift arranged under the...
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ROYAL VISIT HIGHLIGHTS
The Channel Isles in three days and the Royal tour programme was a full one. Old time costumes were worn by the islanders who presented the Queen with a box of Gurnseys - the local knitted pullovers. The Royal visit to the island of Sark...
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NEW FORTH BRIDGE
One of the most famous and most beautiful bridges in the world, the old Forth Bridge, was built for rail traffic only. Road traffic has had to be served by ferries. But, in a few years, all that will be a thing of the past. For the...
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HOLIDAY TRAVEL
For lots of people, a Bank Holiday means full steam ahead from one of the main-line termini. For others, London Airport was the first stepping stone to far off places. Coaches were busy playing their part in the holiday rush. Many folk...
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OCTOBER 27th
It was claimed to be ""the biggest, more militant and United Action organised in Britain since the Thirties"". Certainly it provoked more speculation than any mass demonstration ever held in this country. But, in spite of the urge to...
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COMEBACK FOR HORSE POWER
Time and Motion studies at two major breweries produce remarkable evidence that, over short haul routes, the horse is more economical than the lorry! Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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QUEEN GOES BY TUBE
It's only Her Majesty's second trip in a Tube Train, but it inaugurates the Victoria Line, the most highly automated Underground railway in the world. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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FRENCH BUSES
A little of the romance of Paris will be lost as the famous open-platform buses go out of service. Introduced in 1939 they were part of the life of the French capital. Some are preserved by collectors who are putting them to unusual...
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RIVER RIDERS
The world's largest Hovercraft visits London where Tower Bridge raises it's spans in salute. ® Another newcomer to the Thames, the largest passenger-carrying Catamaran in Europe goes into service. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...