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BRASS BANDS CONTEST
Meet the top brass at the Royal Albert Hall. It's the Brass Band World Championship, featuring many of Britain's famous works bands. The international challenge comes from a Copenhagen ensemble. All play a test piece by Berlioz, and the...
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ELECTRO FIBRALITE
British scientists have developed a new heat-resistant plastic material - Electro Fibralite. A demonstration of the durability of this material and how it could replace more costly metal parts in domestic and industrial use. Disclaimer:...
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HEALTH HYDRO
Brighton's been one of Britain's leading health resorts for more than two centuries. Now the Metropole Health Hydro offers a thousand treatments a day - seven days a week. If you need sauna baths, steam cabinets, underwater massage or...
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ANTIQUES FAIR
Twice a year the Chelsea Town Hall is the venue for the famous Chelsea Antique Fair where dealers from all over Britain exhibit the cream of their stock. On the second day one of the exhibits was stolen. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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GIRL GUIDES' JUBILEE
""Sixty Years of Guiding"" - the theme of a Diamond Jubilee Circus presented at Wembley by the Girl Guides. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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KILLER WHALE ARRIVES
One of the fiercest and most powerful creatures in the sea arrives by plane from Florida. A baby Killer Whale, which will be on show at Windsor Safari Park. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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MODEL PLANE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Seven Nations took part in the World Championships for Model Aircraft, judged on accuracy and craftsmanship as well as performance and control. Some of the world's finest models were on show. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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FIRE RESEARCH
Advanced methods of protecting inflammable goods stored in warehouses demonstrated at the Ministry of Technology's Fire Research Station. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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TYRRELL-FORD RACES
Debut of the new Tyrrell-Ford Formula One car in the Guards Gold Cup at Oulton Park. Reigning world champion Jackie Stewart clips two seconds off the lap record in the new car before having to retire with engine trouble. The race goes to...
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AIRCRAFT ARRESTOR NET
How do you stop a Phantom jet fighter making an emergency landing on an aircraft carrier? Experiments at the Royal Aircraft Establishment show how a new arrestor net - made from steel cables and nylon webbing - can stop the plane in...
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WORLD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
A frustrating start to the World Cycling Championships at Leicester as heavy rain disrupts the early events. but the Prime Minister performs the opening ceremony and meets some of the competitors from 38 participating nations....
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THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS
The annual procession for Jersey's ""Battle of Flowers"". Television personality Harry H Corbett is guest celebrity for this floral extravaganza which attracts bigger crowds than ever. Plenty of new ideas among the floats enhanced by...
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BATTERSEA DOGS HOME - & ANIMALS ECCENTRICS
A £58,000 new wing and clinic for the Battersea Dogs' Home in London banishes for ever the picture of the forlorn stray. Nowadays, guests have underfloor heating, glass-fibre beds and many other luxuries. There's one big drawback,...
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ROYAL SHOW
Now established on its permanent site near Kenilworth, the Royal Show gets bigger and better every year. The Queen Mother attends the opening day. Between the parades of prizewinning cattle - a Wild West show in the Grand Ring. Real...
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF THE STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT BY HER MAJESTY, QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND.
A new session of Parliament is opened by Her Majesty the Queen and the rich ceremonial which is part of Britain's National Heritage. ® Accompanied for the first time at the State Opening by the Prince of Wales and Princess Anne, the...
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ASCOT - 'GOLD CUP'
A year of firsts at Royal Ascot. The first time the Gold Cup's been run on Saturday (because of a break for the General Election); the first trouser suits in the Royal Enclosure, and this year the first woman to train the winner of the...
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DROUGHT
Farmers are feeling the effects of the unusually dry weather and the effects on some crops could cause shortages or price increases. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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ELECTION
Britain's electors flatly contradict the opinion polls by plumping for Edward Heath and the Conservative Party. Some devastating blows to Labour included in the decisive swing to the Conservatives. And the Liberals lose much of the...
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PRINCESS ANNE WITH THE SIGNALS
Just after their centenary, the Royal Signals welcome Princess Anne for her first visit. Her Royal Highness inspects early signalling instruments in the Museum, and then drives a piece of their latest equipment - a Snocat. There too, the...
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FIO CONFERENCE
The first major convention of the Film Industry Organisation - attended by top film makers, distributors and exhibitors. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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The Prince of Wales takes his seat in the House of Lords. Movietone is there as the young Prince, accompanied by attendant Dukes and Earls, walks in procession to the ceremony. Informal shots of Pri
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MEMORIES OF DUNKIRK
Any boat that would float went to the aid of the British Expeditionary Force stranded at Dunkirk in June 1940. Among the recruits was the paddle steamer ""Princess Elizabeth"", now making her last journey to Tower Bridge where she'll be...
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QPR V. DERBY (Football)
Queens Park Rangers go through into the 6th round with their one-nil victory over Derby. ® It was unfortunate that QPR's one goal should have been at the expense of Mackay who deflected the ball into his own goal, for Rangers deserved...
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CYCLO CROSS
Cyclo-Cross at Crystal Palace and in the muddy amateur event Coventry riders take first and second place and beat Solihull teamwise for the tenth time in fifteen years. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...