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CANADA'S ATOMIC PLANT
Scientists at work in Canada's Atomic Plant at Chalk River, Ontario. 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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1948 WELCOMED
CHELSEA ARTS BALL - The annual revel at the Royal Albert Hall was enjoyed by all. ® PICCADILLY CIRCUS - Eros was the centre of attention for the revellers in Piccadilly Circus, police surrounded the statue to keep them off. Disclaimer:...
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THE ROYAL TOUR
Their Majesties and the Princesses enjoy the final days aboard ""Vanguard"" in preparation for the strenuous tour ahead which starts with a great welcome from Capetown. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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PALESTINE CONTRASTS:
POLICE KIDNAPPING - Two British policemen were kidnapped from the Ramat Gan bathing pool but managed to escape from their captors. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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MITCHAM FIRE DARKENS LONDON
When tons of dumped rubber caught fire black smoke hung over London. 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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EASTER CROWDS DEFY HOLIDAY WEATHER
Thousands went to Kempton Park for the Easter Meeting and there were also crowds at Herne Hill to watch the Cycle racing. It was overcoat weather at the south east coastal resorts and dodging the waves on the front was the chief sport at...
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SMERTENKO BANNED
In defiance of a Home Office ban Professor Smertenko landed in a private plane at Croydon Airport. After spending the night in a Police Station he was escorted back to the plane and left. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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ROYAL VISITORS IN ORANGE FREE STATE
Whilst staying in Bloemfontein the Royal Family flew to the Somerville Estate Reserve. At the King's Park there was a Garden Party and they enjoyed the singing of two thousand children. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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THE WORLD PRE-OCCUPIED WITH FOOD
SUGAR FOR GERMANY CAUSES TROUBLE - At Verdun, France French Communists attempted to stop sugar reaching US troops in Germany. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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The Cambridge crew in Training.
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NUCLEAR AGE ""COP SHOP""
One of the best equipped crime-fighting centres in the country has just been opened in Brighton. Costing a million pounds, the headquarters is tailor made to accommodate every police department under one roof. Disclaimer: British...
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EARL OF HAREWOOD'S WEDDING
Crowds assembled outside St. Mark's, North Audley Street to see the arrival of the Royal Family and other guests for the wedding of the Earl of Harewood and Miss Marion Stein. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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BAN THE BOMB - TOKYO STYLE
Nearly six thousand Japanese took part in this Anti-American demonstration outside a US Air Base near Tokyo. ® Seven hundred riot police were alerted, but there was no real trouble and no sit down. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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WORLD CITIZENS GET A LIFT
In Paris, followers of the American Garry Davis (who called himself 'World Citizen Number One') have been demonstrating outside the Chamber of Deputies. They refused to budge, so the police did the budging for them. Disclaimer: British...
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""REDS"" ""PEACE"" DEMONSTRATION
In New York, the Communists held a ""peace"" demonstration until the police carried out their orders to stop it. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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PRISON RIOT HAS STORMY SEQUEL
Pictures show Mount Eden Jail in Auckland, New Zealand, where more than two hundred rioting convicts were besieged by warders and police. The rioters caused much destruction including setting alight the prison. Eventually they were...
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BERLIN PARADE - RUSSIAN STYLE
Thanks, perhaps, to the precautions taken in time by the Allies in the West, the East Berlin Youth Rally passed off without the violence it was at one time expected to produce. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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EXTREMISTS DEMONSTRATE
London recently had a Sunday of demonstrations by extremists; Sir Oswald Mosley held a meeting at Ridley Road without incident, but a communist demonstration in Trafalgar Square led to quite a bit of trouble in Whitehall. A number of...
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IT'S AN UP AND DOWN WORLD
From Russia a contest for firemen. The competitors run a 100 metres distance with obstacles and climb a four storey building. ® From Czechoslovakia, parachutists take part in a free fall contest to find the national champion. ® Near...
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JUNGLE IS BARRIER ON REBEL ROUND-UP
British troops and planes of the RAF attack a bandit hide-out in Malaya, killing and wounding some, taking one prisoner. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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1/2 MILLION DOLLARS OIL FIRE IN USA
From New Jersey we see a huge oil fire caused by the explosion of an asphalt oil tank. 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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PARIS OBELISK SCALED FOR STUNT
Monsieur Maria Fabre claiming to be an Egyptologist, scales a Paris obelisk only to publicise a new cigarette lighter. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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OXFORD STREET STORE BLAZE
Abbots Shoe Store in Oxford Street suffered from a severe fire, with flames pouring from all windows. The Fire Brigade, however, soon had the fire under control. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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MOSLEY MARCH CLASHES
At Dalston and Tottenham, the police had a little trouble with anti-Mosley crowds. Several arrests were made. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...