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HAIR FASHIONS
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Gandhi In Lancashire Sees For Himself
Indian delegate, attended by Miss Slade, pays visit to cotton mill and talks to workers at Darwen. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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NEW ROTOR HELICOPTER HEAD
A dramatic improvement in performance is expected from helicopters fitted with a new semi-rigid rotor head. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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CHILDREN'S ART SHOW
At a gallery in London the younger generation are exhibiting their paintings and sculptures and they should make Picasso think twice. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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CHARITY GALA
At the Festival Gardens, Battersea, the Variety Club of Great Britain laid on a star-spangled gala, in aid of children's charities. Ann the fun of the fair was there. So were Kenneth More, Ann Todd, Ted Heath, Maurice Denham, Anna...
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ZOO NEWS
Spring is busting out all over - judging from the rush of baby animals! A Polar bear cub at Bristol; Dingo puppies and lion cubs at London Zoo where Alice the Walrus is thriving on shellfish and whipped cream. She's one of the rarest zoo...
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BIRDS EYE
A promising new development in aerial photographer. Using a balloon tethered to a Land-Rover, Tom Snell of Yeovil takes the films for Planners and Industrialists, over built-up areas where camera planes could not fly. Disclaimer: British...
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YOUNGEST GEORGE CROSS HERO
Baker Street, Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire was the scene of a fire last October. The heroism of John Bamford in rescuing his brothers from the fire earned him the award of the George Cross. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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BRITISH FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
For the second year Karena Richardson became Ladies Champion in the British Figure Skating Competition. The 'Pairs' title was won by Alan Beckwith and Ruth Lindsay from the Streatham Skating Club. The victor in the Mens Competition, the...
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NURSING - PAY CRISIS
Britain's nurses turn militant for better pay and conditions. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
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DECIMAL CHANGE OVER
""D"" Day's a big day. The changing faces of our shillings and pence are here to stay and we've got to get used to the idea. A big changeover too for shops, supermarkets and all those slot machines. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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YEOVIL v ARSENAL POSTPONEMENT
Yeovil's sloping pitch beats Arsenal this time by declaring itself unplayable. The first round FA cup battle has to be postponed. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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THE PRINCE WITH YOUNG SALTS
Prince Philip visited the Navy League's Boat Training Centre at Raven's Ait on the Thames. After inspecting the young salts, His Royal Highness took the tiller: as cadets from the training ship ""Sikh"" rowed his across from the island....
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LIGHTHOUSE LAMPS
Our pictures show a model of famous Eddystone at a Crawley New Town Factory, and Mr Lahiri, Director General of Lighthouses in India, who inspected a nine-million-candle-power light to be erected at Dwarka. Other orders include a new...
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COST OF CANVAS
Liz Taylor and Richard Burton attend an auction at Sotheby's which features a Renoir, only ""discovered"" recently. Richard Burton was using the auction for a sequence in a new film ""Laughter In The Dark"". But although the ""bids""...
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""DECIMAL TWINS""
The first of the new Decimal coins are being minted so that they can be brought into circulation to prepare us for ""Going Decimal"" in 1971. The five and ten penny pieces the ""twins"" of the one shilling and the florin. Disclaimer:...
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PRINCESS MARGARET OPENS NURSING EXHIBITION
Princess Margaret sticks with her ""midi"" fashion flair as she opens the London Nursing Exhibition. But there's a little competition from the new British nurses' uniforms designed by Pierre Cardin. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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SEWAGE STRIKE
Britain's council workers - striking over a pay claim - present the authorities with a nasty problem. Troops are standing by to man sewage pumping stations - but millions of gallons of untreated sewage are polluting the country's river &...
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HARDY AMIES - FASHION DESIGNER TO THE WORLD
A former expert in wartime sabotage broke down the frontiers of Fashion! It's largely due to Hardy Amies that British fashion has made such an impact overseas, and few designers have managed to bridge the gap so successfully between the...
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""TOP OF THE POPS""
Soft, squashy typewriters, boots with toes, portable War Memorials! All part of the largest exhibition of Pop Art ever held. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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FALCONS FREE FALL
First known as ""skydiving"", but now more accurately named ""free fall"". The RAF's regular free-fall parachute team has been in existence since 1961 - for the last six years they've been a big attraction as ""The Falcons"". Jumping at...
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ARMY AIDS TRAFFIC
Like so many places in Britain, Bath has a traffic problem. In this case, it's partly due to flood damage to the old bridge across the Avon, which has had to be reinforced. The Army has now come to the rescue, by building a temporary...
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SPRING HAIR STYLES
""Alice in Wonderland"" was the motif of a recent London Display of new hair styles; it was, indeed, called ""The Parade of the March Hair"" and all credit for the pun goes to hair-stylist Raymond. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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TRAILER - DIPHTHERIA
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