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LUXEMBOURG WEDDING
Big crowds collected, of course, to see the arrival of Princess Josephine Charlotte of Belgium, who was welcomed at the frontier by her bridegroom-to-be, Prince Jean of Luxembourg, on the eve of their wedding. On the day itself, the...
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MONS MEMORIAL UNVEILED
Lord Alexander, himself a veteran of Mons, went to Belgium to unveil the memorial to the men who fell there. King Baudouin of the Belgians attended the ceremony. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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ROYAL LAUNCHING FOR TEV
Princess Margaret recently went to the Walker Naval Yard on the Tyne, to launch the Turbo-Electric vessel ""Maori"", designed for ferry service between Wellington and Lyttelton, New Zealand. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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UNDER THE MERSEY
Breakthrough between Liverpool and Wallasey under the River Mersey. The pilot tunnel of the new underwater link has been completed in just over a year. ® The Second Mersey Tunnel is due to be in service by 1970. Disclaimer: British...
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Funeral of Queen Marie In Bucharest.
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Duke Of Kent At Fever Hospital
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STATE VISIT TO SCOTLAND - LONG VERSION
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Olympics: Description by Alan Howland.
Hitler opens the Games. ® Jesse Owens wins the 100 metres. 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...
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DESIGN FOR LIVING
The Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition at Olympia celebrates its Diamond Jubilee. The Queen and Prince Philip came to open this anniversary show which will be on view till the end of March. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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EARL ATTLEE
A tribute to the former leader of the Labour Party, Prime Minister from 1945-to-1951, who has died at the age of eighty-four. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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UNDER THE THAMES
The new Blackwall Tunnel, costing eight and a half million pounds, is opened by the Chairman of the GLC. At a hospital near Maidstone, students are building a road to make life easier for the wheel-chair patients. Disclaimer: British...
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NATIONAL STUD
The Queen opens the new £400,000 National stud at Newmarket which can accommodate six stallions and two hundred mares. It's the most modern and the best equipped stud in the World. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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THE DERBY
A meeting with her uncle the Duke of Windsor, precedes the Queen's visit to Epsom. This historic meeting, and all the highlights of the Derby, recorded likewise in Colour for your interest and entertainment. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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THIRTY YEARS AGO
Through the vast resources of it's library, Movietone invites you to look at the news in February. February thirty years ago, when Shirley Temple and Don Bradman were names in the news. In 1937, Spain was embroiled in her Civil War,...
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POPE IN PORTUGAL
His Holiness Pope Paul visits the Shrine of Fatima in Portugal on the anniversary of a vision by three shepherd children. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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LARGEST SEA SCHOOL
The largest Sea School in the world opens at Gravesend, providing the most comprehensive facilities for training the Merchant Seamen of tomorrow. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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PRINCESS IN WEST COUNTRY
A passing out parade at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth was visited by Princess Margaret and her husband. Her Royal Highness was taking the parade and presented the Sword of Honour to Midshipman Wallace. After the marchpast came a...
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THOMPSON STILL AT IT
""Big Ben"" was the starter, and almost certainly Don Thompson, Britain's gold medallist, was going to be the winner of the London to Brighton walk. He quickly got miles ahead, with no competition in sight, and finished 46 minutes ahead...
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INDIA'S GIANT PROJECT
The Burgapur Steelworks in West Bengal constitute one of the biggest jobs ever carried out by a consortium of British firms. It is the greatest single overseas operation yet undertaken by British industry. Large crowds had assembled for...
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AUSTRALIA - NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL
Mr Menzies, the Prime Minister, led the welcome to Viscount Dunrossil, Australia's new Governor General. The Premier's sister deputised for Dame Pattie, who was overseas. Lord Dunrossil then inspected the Air Force Guard of Honour at...
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OLD SOLDIERS' CHEESE
This is 81-year-old Drummer Bathgate, beating the march of the cheeses at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Good English cheese has been part of the fare for 260 years. General Sir Brian Horrocks led the ""Ceremony of the Christmas Cheese"",...
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WATER WORLD:
The Mangla Dam - in West Pakistan - the second largest in the World, has just been officially opened. ® In Sussex, a demonstration of an under-water research vehicle that can descend to a depth of a thousand feet. ® In the Bristol...
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
Maintaining tradition, the 14th International Festival of Music and Drama opened with a Service of Praise at St. Giles. Lord Provost Dunbar read the lesson. The City was packed, and the Earl and Countess of Harewood were there....
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TWENTY YEARS AFTER
Although it seems like yesterday to some of ""the Few"", it was in fact twenty years ago when they were flying Spitfires and Hurricanes and shooting down the enemy. Many of the men are now civilians, and although the derelict airfields...