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TOP PERSONALITY
London now, and the Show Business Awards Luncheon of the Variety Club of Great Britain. And here are the winners: Bruce Forsyth, Elizabeth Seal (""Stage Actress""), Laurence Harvey (""Film Actor of 1959""), Harry Secombe (""Show Business...
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City Proclamation Of Dissolution
Sergeant-at-Arms reads from Royal Exchange steps official mandate for new assembly. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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BUDGET DAY
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey, presents the first Labour Budget with the appeal to unite to make Britain a fairer place in which to live. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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THE CAMERA IN INDUSTRY
London's Albert Hall - and focus on the function of film and television cameras in Industry. There is plenty to see, from the most modern cameras to the latest uses of the cathode ray tube. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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BUTLER'S BUDGET
Budget Day interest concentrated on the Houses of Parliament and on Downing Street, where large crowds waited to see the Prime Minister on his way to the House. Cameras were in full force outside the Chancellor's House and we asked him...
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FIGURE SKATING
Diana Clifton-Peach in the British Amateur Figure Skating Championships at Streatham. Diana's only thirteen, and last year was placed number 6. Now she's third. The present title-holder is Dianne Peach from Mill Hill. She is seventeen...
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FIRST AID INSTRUCTION FOR MASS CLASSES -
Westminster Hospital gives free demonstrations on how to treat injuries caused by an air raid. 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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ICE FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ice Figure Skating Championships at Richmond. Miss Jean Scott from Scotland the new Ladies Ice Figure Skating Champion. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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THE BUDGET
Mr Butler leaves for the House of Commons to deliver his Budget Speech. Crowds had gathered in Smith Square to see him off and maybe to give him some useful hints. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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UNITED NATIONS DAY -
A big parade marched from Wellington Barracks up Whitehall towards the Admiralty to mark United Nations Day. The salute was taken by General Sir Bernard Paget and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Smith. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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BEA PERSONALITY GIRL
You've got to be a top flight charmer to earn this title. Nine finalists from an original entry of 74 and the winner gets a new car to propel her along. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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NIXON VISIT
A flying visit by American President Richard Nixon. He has important talks with the Prime Minister at Chequers, and the two leaders are joined by the Queen for an informal luncheon. After five and a quarter hours in England President and...
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HYDRAULICS RESEARCH
The envy of every schoolboy - scientists at Britain's Hydraulics Research Station use elaborate models of dams, rivers, ports and harbours to check construction problems in the world's biggest hydraulic engineering scheme. Disclaimer:...
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""BONNETS FOR EASTER""
This is a pre-Easter show of Princess Margaret's milliner, (Simone Mirman) Spring collection. Very feminine. Very summery. Let's hope we got the weather! Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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MOSS STILL WINNING
Horsepower at Aintree - the internal combustion type. One of the entries, Stirling Moss, in his Cooper Climax. He's one of the mixed field in the International 200 event, over 201 miles to be exact. Moss has won four out of five world...
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FIRST LEASE AND LEND FOOD SHIP ARRIVES -
Lord Woolton greets the first ship of Lease and Lend food to arrive from America. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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TRAILER: CORRECT ADDRESS - Post Office
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KIRKSTALL FORGE
Cistercian monks founded Kirkstall Abbey in the twelfth century. Their primitive mining and smelting of Iron from the rich Yorkshire deposits was the start of an unbroken chain of industrial development - which has lasted eight hundred...
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ART FOR THE SEVENTIES
A look at three prominent modern artists and their work. Sculptress Jean Gibson producing abstract designs in polyester resins and clear glass fibre; Richard Negus painting cabin interiors for 747 Jumbo Jets in fireproof inks and one of...
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MOSS WINS AT AINTREE
The European Grand Prix - 270 miles, 90 laps of the Aintree Circuit. Stirling Moss set a new lap record and scored the first all British victory in a major Grand Prix since 1923. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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WHAT TO WEAR
What the well dressed worker is wearing - the latest Protective Clothing for Building Workers on show in London. Also above London's rooftops - at the Carlton Towers - Hats to match the new Maxi-line reveal their obvious origins in the...
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TRIBUTE TO COURAGE
At the RAC Club in London, Marquess Camden presents the Segrave Trophy to Tonia Campbell, on behalf of her late husband. A moving ceremony in which Tonia speaks about Donald and his team. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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WAR EXTENSION FAILS TO STOP LEASE-LEND AID -
The Lease-lend Aid continues despite America's entry into the war. Recently more American aircraft arrived to strengthen the RAF. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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Dissolution of Parliament.
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