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US REINFORCEMENTS FOR AUSTRALIA -
American troop reinforcements arrive in Australia in the wake of General MacArthur. 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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SOCCER - NIGERIAN STYLE
6,000 people saw the first game played by the Nigerian Football Association Soccer team when they played Marine Crosby. Despite not wearing boots the Nigerians won by 5 goals to 2. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
Italy: The kilometre and mile speed records have been claimed by a new Italian car powered by a Maserati engine. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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PREMIER & VISITOR -
There was a warm welcome for Turkey's Prime Minister, Mr Menderes, when he paid a courtesy call on Mr Churchill at Downing Street. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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AUSSIES HERE
Arriving aboard the ""Himalaya"" in the port of London, the Aussie cricketers are certain of a great welcome on their tour. There's a good prospect of bright cricket, said their skipper, Richie Benaud. And here is Norman O'Neill,...
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ENGLAND'S GREAT WIN
An invasion of Scots came pouring into Wembley on the day of the big match, and, among spectators was the injured Lawrie Leslie (replaced by Haffey in the Scots goal). About a hundred thousand were present, when Her Majesty the Queen...
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ROOM FOR ALL?
The control of immigration in this crowded island is one of the big questions of the moment. Over 57,000 came from the West Indies alone in the last ten months. The question is, is there room? Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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ROBIN HOOD'S MERRY MUSIC
The Robin Hood Band came to town, young musicians from Hollywood making a goodwill tour arranged by the Independent Order of Foresters. All 75 youngsters age from 13 to 21. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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RUGBY LEAGUE - FIRST TEST
Great Britain met New Zealand at Headingley in the first test of the tour. Great Britain had started as favourites against the untried Kiwis, but at half time, New Zealand were leading fourteen eight. They were right on top, and victory...
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CHASING THE ROUBLES
The British Trade Fair in Moscow opened with a ceremony performed by the President of the Board of Trade, Mr Maudling. The exhibition is the largest of the kind ever staged by Britain outside the British Isles, and it shows a...
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RIDE 'EM, COWBOY!
Now for a Western, with real Cowboys and Injuns, and a rodeo for real Western entertainment. It's all part of that famous Alberta Show, the Calgary Stampede. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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A TALL SHIP IN TOWN
The West German Navy's training ship ""Gorch Fock"" arrived in the Pool of London on a courtesy visit after a cruise of 3 weeks under sail. She carries 140 cadets who were soon to go ashore and explore for themselves. Disclaimer: British...
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THE ROYAL TOUR CONTINUES (in colour)
Movietone's second instalment of the colour record of the Royal Tour shows the gathering of Ashanti chiefs at Kumasi. Attended by their retinues, and wearing their finest robes and regalia, they were there for the Durbar in honour of the...
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BUT - IN MOSCOW...
Gagarin's portrait on a model of his space rocket was one highlight seen by Mr Khrushchev at the big air show. 44 trainer aircraft spelt the word ""Lenin"", and helicopters flew with girls holding banners representing all the Soviet...
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THE ROYAL TOUR OF GHANA (in colour)
This is a bird's-eye-view of Ghana's capital, Accra, a city of about 140,000 people. And the Ghana coastline, where about a mile from the city is Christiansborg Castle. Once a fortress, it is now the residence of the Queen during her...
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DRINKA CUPPA KAVA
Fijian recruits to the Royal Engineers and the Royal Army Service Corps gave a show in a camp near Farnborough. It is called the Kava ceremony, an old Fijian custom. Kava is a pretty potent drink, but these fellers can drinka cuppa any...
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ROYAL REGATTA
Henley is one of the big events of the Summer season, and one of the most attractive, too. 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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THE FASTING SIKH
Near the Sikhs' golden temple in the holy city of Amritsar, crowds wait all day and pray for the man, Master Tara Singh, who has undertaken a ""fast unto death"". At the age of seventy-six, the Sikh leader has undertaken this fast for...
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KENYATTA EXPLAINS
Ex Mau-Mau boss, Jomo Kenyatta arrived in London for the Kenya Conference. We asked him to comment on his recent controversial statement that Europeans and Asians must learn to call Africans ""Bwana"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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THE HAPPY INVASION
Men of the 84th Panzer Battalion from West Germany were not long in making themselves at home in Castlemartin. Any fears they may have had about a hostile reception were quickly dispelled, and most people gave them a warm welcome. The...
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THE BODY BEAUTIFUL
Our pictures show competitors in an International Physique Contest in London. A team representing the West Indies was declared the tops. Girls figured prominently at the 1962 British Olympic Gymnastic Championships. Title-holder Monica...
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CAN DO KENDO?
The Japanese can do it, and the London Judo Society has a number of members learning to do it: Kendo, a ritual form of fencing in which the armour and accoutrements are as much part of the ritual as the actual sport itself. We were very...
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CONFLICT IN KATANGA
Flash from the Congo: men of the Katangan forces on patrol in Elisabethville, focal point of the fighting between Katanga and the United Nations. As our cameraman followed the patrol, a lorry load of evacuees and Katangan soldiers has...
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THE QUEEN'S GUARDS
Discipline typifies the Brigade of Guards. The Guards form a corps d'elite, which has fought on every front. One of the most bitter campaigns of World War Two was in North Africa. There the First Household Cavalry, as well as the...