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HORSE SHOW CLIMAX
A White City highlight was when America won the George Fifth Cup. Bill Steinkraus on ""First Boy"" one of his two mounts. It was the first American win of this event since 1926. The Captain of the US Olympic jumping team received the...
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THE ""SLEEPING BEAUTY""
Operation ""Sleeping Beauty"" involved preparing HMS ""Dainty"" for her sea trials in the shortest possible time. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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ROYAL VISIT TO BOMBER COMMAND
Flying to the Royal Air Force Station at Marham, Her Majesty began her visit with the traditional inspection of the Guard of Honour. The Queen presented a Standard to No 207 Squadron. Accompanied by the Duke, Her Majesty inspected the...
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THE PRINCE IN PAKISTAN
The people of Dacca were out in full force to welcome Prince Philip, who flew to East Pakistan after a tumultuous reception in India. The Comet IV brought His Royal Highness to the airport where he was greeted by the Minister of...
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WEMBLEY - ENGLAND V SCOTLAND
A hundred thousand soccer fans - many of them Scotsmen with high hopes of victory. High spirits too, as Eric Caldow and Jimmy Armfield tossed up. Blue shirted Scotland kicked off, and very soon were demonstrating something of the real...
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TRAINING IN SAIL
The ""Libertad"", a training ship from the Argentine, paid a visit to London. 49 cadets, over two hundred ratings and 24 officers brought this fine sailing ship over here. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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RETURN OF THE RISING SUN
The Flagship Akuzuki leading four destroyers of the Japanese Navy on a goodwill visit to Britain. The first visit of its kind since 1937. Her Fleet, born out of the Korean war, is officially known as the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence...
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ROYAL SILVER WEDDING
Movietone is proud to join with Britons everywhere in offering heartfelt congratulations to Their Majesties on the celebration of their 25th Wedding Anniversary. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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NEW START IN SUSSEX
The Pestalozzi Children's Village in Sussex is now a home for more than 20 Tibetan refugee children. Besides learning to read and write in Tibetan, they're taught Geography, History and English. Already there are more than 14...
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WE REMEMBER AND GIVE THANKS (in colour)
Whitehall, and Her Majesty, with Prince Philip and the Duke of Gloucester, took her place at the Cenotaph to lead the Commonwealth's tribute to the fallen. This year, we were saluting not only the glorious dead of two World Wars, but...
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TAKE TO THE AIR!
An International Air Travel Fair at Biggin Hill. The purpose behind it is to sell the idea of air-travel to those who have never flown before. Visitors were invited to go aboard and see for themselves that the modern airliner is really...
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WHITE HART LANE - SPURS V RANGERS
The eagerly awaited Spurs V Rangers clash was the first leg of their European Cup Winners Cup tie. Spurs set the ball rolling, and straight away went into the attack. They needed a healthy lead from this match, if they were to be in a...
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FA CUP SEMI-FINAL - LEICESTER FOR WEMBLEY
Cup fever just about reached its peak on Saturday when 133,000 turned out for the semi-finals. 65,000 of 'em at Hillsborough, where a below-strength Liverpool were trying for Wembley against the pride of the Midlands, Leicester City. For...
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FA CUP SEMI-FINALS - MANCHESTER UNITED THROUGH
There was a crowd of 68,000 at Villa Park for the match against Southampton and Manchester United. United with their unrivalled cup experience, had that 'been-here-before feeling' about them, one reason perhaps for their lack of real...
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KING OF NORWAY'S VISIT
A highlight of King Olav's 3-day visit to Scotland was the bestowal of the highest honour Civic Authority can confer, the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh, which he was to receive at the Usher Hall. Now to the Firth of Forth where his...
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THE GREAT JOURNEY BEGINS
Over ten and a half thousand miles lie between London and Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. It must have been pretty frustrating those bad weather hold ups on the flight. But eventually, the Queen was to reach the starting point of her 30,000...
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AN ENGINE OF YOUR OWN!
It was goodbye to ""The Flying Scotsman"", the most famous engine of all time, built 40 years ago at Doncaster. Happily, the ""Scotsman's"" not going to be scrapped, for she's been bought by Mr Pegler, a Nottinghamshire businessman and...
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SPURS MASSACRE THE CZECHS!
Spurs' supporters turned up in strength for the return match with Slovan. Facing a 2 goal deficit, Spurs needed that rousing home support. Right away they showed great style. And with a 6 - 2 win, Spurs massacred their opponents - and...
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VOYAGE TO ROMANCE
The voyage was made in the ""Constitution"" and aboard the American liner, Grace Kelly takes it easy. Making the trip with her were her father and mother. Meanwhile in Monaco representatives of the Press had assembled from all over the...
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SUEZ INCIDENT
A Greek ship (chartered by Israel) was seen on her way back to Haifa, she aimed to carry cement through the Suez Canal. Egypt held her at Port Said, and for three months her crew were not allowed ashore. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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THE LAST OF THE REICHSTAG
Germany's old Parliament building, the Reichstag which was gutted during Hitler's rise to power and bombarded again during the 2nd World War is being demolished. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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LONELY ISLES GREET DUKE
Britannia had sailed completely round the world when she took the Duke to the remote islands of the South Atlantic. He experienced the rugged quality of its landscape, stumbling over the rocks, while local inhabitants demonstrated how...
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BRITISH DRIVERS TRIUMPH
The German 1,000 kilometre sports car race over 625 miles of the twisting circuit of the Nurburg-ring in the Eifel Mountains. It was a red letter day for the British, who drove the first three cars across the line. Tony Brooks was the...
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SS POPLAR HILL
The first London registered ship to pass through the Suez Canal (since the Premier's statement that it could be used by British ship owners at their discretion) was the ""Poplar Hill"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...