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All Berlin hears Fuhrer's speech.
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Typhoid enquiry opens.
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FIRST PICTURES: OPENING OF HOSTILITIES -
The Russian Army prepares to take on the Nazi aggressor. The strengthening of defence works and the constitution of additional fortifications has begun. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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RAILWAYS FIND WOMEN'S HELP INVALUABLE -
Women are doing many of the jobs on the railways, working signals and maintenance work. 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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THE SPITSBERGEN RAID -
A mixed force of British, Canadian and Norwegian troops land unopposed at Spitsbergen. They complete the object of their mission, they fire the coal stores and mining equipment, thus rendering them useless to the Nazis. Disclaimer:...
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TOBRUK TODAY -
Troops new inhabit the battered remains of buildings in Tobruk. A small number of nurses, belonging to the Hadfield Spears Hospital Unit are in the town tending wounded brought back from the battle zone. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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AN HISTORIC MEETING BETWEEN ... - PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND WINSTON CHURCHILL
Impressive scenes as President and Premier confer aboard ships in mid-Atlantic. Mr Churchill travelled onboard one of our newest battleships the ""Prince of Wales"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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AMERICAN AMBULANCES 2ND ANNIVERSARY PARADE -
The girls who drive the American donated ambulances are all unpaid volunteers. On their 2nd Anniversary Mr Winant and Mr Ernest Brown view a parade in Hyde Park. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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TOUGH ASSIGNMENT FOR ALLIED TROOPS -
American and British Troops based in Iceland have to endure the isolation and icy weather. 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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THE COMMANDOS RAID AGAIN -
A group of Commandos led by Lord Lovat, made a raid on Boulogne. They managed to cut communication lines and suffered only small casualties. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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CANADA DRIVES ON
Canada's Pacific Great Eastern railway, running from Vancouver through British Columbia, is driving on to open up a new ""economic empire"", in the North. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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THE RED MOON
Signals from the Russian satellite - the Red Moon, the news of whose launching burst on the world like a bolt from the blue. Rocket - launched, it was to circle the earth every ninety minutes, at the same time sending radio messages back...
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SAVE PAPER' CAMPAIGN MAKES HEADWAY -
The great drive for waste paper seems too successful in the London Borough of St. Pancras. 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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ON TO TRIPOLITANIA -
The Eighth Army is driving the Germans and Italians further and further west across the desert in Libya. After the capture of El Adem came a welcome halt and the first hot food the men had tasted in a long time. Disclaimer: British...
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AMERICAN REACTIONS -
In New York the people could hardly believe the headlines saying they were at war. In Washington, Mr Early, the President's Secretary was bombarded by the Press clamouring to know more details. America's aircraft and Navy are already...
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ACCORDING TO PLAN
First pictures of the new advance in the Middle East. The Battle of El Alamein, under the leadership of General Montgomery, men from all parts of Britain and the Dominions fought their way forward. Rommel is now on the retreat in North...
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HOLLAND MOURNS FLOOD VICTIMS
Just a week after the disastrous floods in Holland, where over thirteen hundred are known to have lost their lives, a day of prayer was proclaimed. The national mourning was led by Queen Juliana, who broadcast to her people. Throughout...
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GREETINGS FOR THE PREMIER
Presents, tributes and telegrams came in a steady flow to No 10 on Mr Churchill's birthday. The people waiting in Downing Street saw Mr & Mrs Churchill leave - and the Premier was prepared for the cold weather. Disclaimer: British...
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POPE APPOINTS NEW CARDINALS
In Rome, the appointment of twenty-four new Cardinals has been made by Pope Pius XII. Cardinals came from all over the World to attend the Consistory. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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FRENCH STRIKE SPREADS
With the French strike spreading, large numbers of British holidaymakers have been stranded in Paris and other points in France, waiting for some means of transport to convey them to the coast for the journey home. At Victoria, hopeful...
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DEMOLISHING THE PAST
The old Severn Rail Bridge - opened in 1879 - is being broken up. A land mark disappears, but parts of it will be reassembled to serve a useful function in other parts of the world. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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TOP COPSHOP
First look inside New Scotland Yard's new Headquarters in Victoria, after a top secret transfer of confidential files from the old building to the new. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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ROUND UP
Red Deer Round-up in Sussex, before many of the animals are sold overseas. In Western Australia, a Sheep farmer uses a Cessna aircraft to muster his flocks. Stockmen on motor-bikes complete the job, saving six-weeks compared with the...
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COSH CALLS COPS
A shop-full of valuable goods is a natural magnet for the criminal, and, with crime on the increase, new methods to beat the burglar must be devised. These pictures show one: here is what appears to be an ordinary truncheon for...