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""ARROW-BATICS""!
The RAF's leading aerobatic team for sixty five - The Red Arrows - give a demonstration at Little Rissington, Gloucestershire. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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KOREA - STRAFING GROUND TARGETS
Reinforcements arrive at an unnamed port in South Korea. They move up to the front under the command of General Walker, with General Dean (later posted as missing). Official American war pictures show one of the first heavy strikes by...
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8,000 MILES - BY BUS!
At Catterick in Yorkshire, the leaders of 250 British and overseas students are spending six days with the RAF regiment for final preparation before the start of an eight thousand mile drive to India. The scheme was thought up by India's...
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FARMER WINS KING'S CUP
The King's Cup Air Race at Coventry. Twelve pilots took part in the final. First home was John Stewart-Wood in his American built Cessna. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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THUNDERBIRDS MEET RED ARROWS
The Thunderbirds aerobatic team of the American Air Force fly into Wattisham in Suffolk as a courtesy visit to some of their opposite numbers in Britain - The Red Arrows. The Thunderbirds were on their way back to the States after...
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PRIME MINISTER'S AMERICAN MISSION
President Truman was at Washington Airport to greet Mr Attlee. The Prime Minister was in America for talks about the Korean crisis. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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RAF REMEMBER
Preceding the national celebration of ""Battle of Britain Week"", the Royal Air Force Association paid tribute at the RAF Memorial on the Embankment in London. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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NEWS FROM ABROAD
Pictures show the Vatican in Rome, during the State Visit of the Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg to Pope Paul. The Grand Duchess wore white instead of the usual black - a privilege accorded to the wife of reigning Catholic monarchs...
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ANGLO-AMERICAN COURTESIES
GENERAL IRA EAKER AT HIGH WYCOMBE - General Eaker, who commanded the US 8th Army Air Force, returns to his former HQ at High Wycombe. There he received the Freedom of the Borough of Chepping-Wycombe. FAREWELL! EIGHTH AIR FORCE - At...
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HONOURING EMPIRE DEAD IN ATHENS
A tribute to the British who fell in Greece was recently held in Athens. 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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HEADLINE BRIEFS - USA
In California, special boosters are used to launch a Thunderjet from a mobile truck. 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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SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS WITH PLANE AND ROCKET
The American Air Force have recently tested an escape for pilots of jets planes by using an ejector seat. We see that the results are successful. Another experiment, shows a projectile being shot into the air to an altitude of 78 miles...
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""OPERATION SNOWDROP""
The Aircraft Carrier ""Glory"" was one of the warships taking part in ""Operation Snowdrop"". The carrier was a base for naval helicopters which played a vital part in the delivery of food, fodder and medical supplies to the snow-bound...
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BELGRADE - MAY DAY PARADE
May Day in Belgrade was celebrated with a big parade through the streets. Marshal Tito reviewed the procession which included 60,000 troops. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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AUSTRIANS GO TO MOSCOW
Herr Raab and his freedom delegations were flown to Moscow from Vienna to discuss Austrian Independence. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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SALUTE TO ""THE FEW""
A Hurricane and a Spitfire lead the fly past over London to commemorate ""The Few"" who fought and won the Battle of Britain. Marshals of the Royal Air Force were watching the cavalcade from the roof of the Air Ministry. Disclaimer:...
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PREMIER WITH RAF
The Premier at the Bomber Command Station at Wittering, Northants. He talked with a crew of a Valiant and inspected the bomber. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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THE DUKE RETURNS
At Portsmouth, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh returned home in the Royal Yacht, ""Britannia"". His Royal Highness had taken part in the combined Home and Mediterranean Fleet exercises held recently. Disclaimer: British...
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DUKE AT EASTBOURNE
Holiday crowds at Eastbourne witness the tragic crash landing of a Sunderland flying boat in which four men lost their lives. Later in Eastbourne, the Duke of Edinburgh arrived to attend the Annual Conference of the Royal Air Forces...
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THE ROYAL NIGERIAN TOUR
At London Airport, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret accompanied the Duke of Cornwall and Princess Anne and they approached the aircraft to meet the Queen and the Duke. A large reception party was also there to greet them on the...
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CYPRUS OUTRAGES
Metaxes Square, Nicosia and a surprise swoop by men of the 3rd Parachute Battalion, searching for concealed weapons. The day before, two Royal Air Force men were brutally murdered and one seriously wounded by terrorists. Just before the...
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AVIATION - ROBOT PLANE
The new American robot bomber, the B-61 Martin Matador is demonstrated at an air base in Germany. It is controlled entirely from the ground. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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LATEST SERVICE DEVELOPMENTS - RADAR ISLANDS
Determined to prevent a surprise invasion, the United States Air Force are building a series of islands out in the Atlantic. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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THE JAVELIN IN SERVICE
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