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MEXICO MAGNIFICO
This Olympic progress report features the agonies of the long distance runners - the triumphs of the sprinters - and Britain's success in the Long Jump and the 400 Metres Hurdles, with David Hemery taking pride of place as our first...
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LORD MAYOR'S SHOW
Thousands line the streets in the City of London for the Lord Mayor's Show. The annual spectacle which combines pageantry and progress. The Office of Lord Mayor of London dates back nearly 800 years. The new Lord Mayor - Sir Peter Studd...
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Armistice Day 1937:
A Tribute of Remembrance. ® Written by Gerald Sanger. ® Delivered by Leslie Mitchell. 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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Sir James Barrie laid to rest.
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READING BETWEEN THE LINES -
The first Canadian built Lancaster arrives in Britain. Indian troops, including the VC Subadar Lalbahadur Thapa, were honoured in Shoreditch. The world's biggest motor-bus is used as a troop transporter in America. Munda airfield is...
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THESE ARE THE MEN -
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Arising from the Tehran Conference are the names of the British and American leaders entrusted with high responsibility...
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LORD NORWICH - MEMORIAL SERVICE -
At St. Margaret's Westminster, honour was paid to the memory of Viscount Norwich. Many former diplomatic and political colleagues attended the service. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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THE QUEEN WITH MAORIS
At Waitangi, near the Treaty House where Maoris ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria, a Maori chief made the traditional challenge to the Royal visitors. After a weird form of welcome, Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh...
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BERLIN - RUSSIAN ANGLE -
The Russians have prepared a ""no-man's land"" to control the flow of refugees from East to West, but Red troops cross to the Red Army Memorial. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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HAIL THE NEW YEAR
New Year is still regarded as a subject for rejoicing - for music, dancing and the popping of balloons. Others prefer to keep it gently in their own homes. As the New Year is toasted, thoughts travel to Sandringham and the great royal...
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SIKH FESTIVAL -
Near the Sikh Temple in Delhi, many thousands of Sikhs gathered to honour Guru Nanak, the founder of their religion, on the anniversary of his birthday. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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BELLS FOR HIROSHIMA -
Made in Germany, cast in steel works in the Ruhr to be sent to the atom-bombed city to be hung in the ""Peace Church"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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THE APPEAL OF POPPY DAY -
The British Legion employs war veterans of their factory making poppies for the Poppy Day Appeal. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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MEMORIAL TO PIONEERS
Mr Sean Lemass, deputy Premier of the Irish Republic, unveiled the inscription of a memorial which has been put up near Clifden in the wild Connemara country. It commemorates Alcock and Brown, the pioneers of Atlantic flight. Forty years...
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PRINCESS ROYAL IN NIGERIA
Arriving at the race-course in Ibadan, the Princess Royal was to attend a Children's Rally. Accompanied by the Governor, she was greeted by Owolowo. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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COTTON CELEBRATIONS -
In Memphis, a Cotton carnival recalling the early days in the deep South when bales of raw cotton were first carried down the Mississippi. In Liverpool, the Cotton Exchange has been re-opened by Lord Derby in the presence of Mr Selwyn...
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INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
The Prime Minister paid a special visit of inspection to the Rolls-Royce works at Derby, where an important addition is a six million pound plant for making high altitude tests of aero engines. Also scenes of the harnessing of the River...
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GREEK POWER PLANT -
King Paul and Queen Frederika attended the inauguration ceremony of Greece's new Power Plant. 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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Bolshevik Artisans Parade In Moscow
Russian workers march in procession past tomb of Lenin at celebration of 17th Congress. ® Sub.1. And Moscow welcomes Bulgarians, acquitted in Reichstag trial, from prison in Germany. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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FESTIVAL CLOSES
The last night of this year's Battersea Show was a cheerful one; Mr Morrison, too, was in an optimistic mood, but the official closing of the Pleasure Gardens by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Denys Lowson, was clearly unpopular....
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NURSING SERVICE HONOURED
Prize-giving day at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, was a particularly important event of the staff this year; for the occasion was graced by the presence of the Queen, who is in fact their president. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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THE GENERAL ELECTION BREAKS OUT
Mr Churchill opens the Conservative campaign at Liverpool. At the pre-election service held in St. Paul's, the Archbishop of Canterbury gave the sermon when all the Party leaders attended. After the service they left for the House of...
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CONCRETE COMMUNITY
One of Europe's most advanced factories is opened at Thamesmead near Woolwich. It will produce the pre-cast concrete units for building this multi-million pound development that will provide homes for sixty thousand people. Disclaimer:...
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FEMININE INTEREST
Beauty is the feature of a water-lily farm in Melbourne, however beautiful the blooms, it's the farm workers who steal the picture. From Florida, a new invention - submersible lorry with female hitch-hikers under water. Disclaimer:...