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SUNDERLAND V DYNAMOS
At Roker Park, Sunderland were beaten in their flood lit match against the Dynamo's, the score was one - nil. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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CO FOR A DAY
At an American station in Germany, the best soldier of the month is selected to act as colonel of the unit for one day. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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RUSSIAN NAVY VISITS FINLAND
A small Soviet naval squadron recently visited Helsinki. This was the first time in the history of a free Finland that such a visit had been made. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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GEORGI MALENKOV HERE
London Airport and the arrival of Georgi Malenkov, he was greeted by Mr Malik, Lord Citrine and Mr Aubrey Jones who were there to meet him. The former Russian Premier, was making his first excursion beyond the Iron Curtain. Disclaimer:...
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TOBRUK TRIBUTE
The German Memorial at Tobruk was inaugurated just recently Frau Rommel, widow of the famous Africa Korps Commander with many of the relatives of the fallen paid homage with wreaths. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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PRETORIA CENTENARY
Pretoria, (the capital of South Africa) was founded by Martinus Pretorius, just a hundred years ago. The city has been celebrating the centenary with three months of festivities of many kinds. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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NEW MINE DESTROYER
In Germany, the American army demonstrate a new mine destroyer called ""High Herman"" which resembles a disc harrow. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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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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RUGBY LEAGUE - BRITAIN OVERTHROW FRANCE
The Rugby League Test Match at Wigan, and a rough tough game it was for France not to mention Great Britain. Right from the kick-off, the home side went into the attack. At half time Britain were 18 points up, and in the end they were...
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CLOSE FINISH IN CROSS-COUNTRY
There were 5,000 runners literally treading on each other's heels at this meeting in Belgium. The big race was the 6 miles, with such top runners as Belgium's Gaston Roelants and Blackpool's Gerry North. It turned out to be quite a...
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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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LOOK OVER LONDON
Latest addition to London's changing skyline - New Zealand House. The Queen opened the 19 storey building and the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mr Macmillan as well as Lady Dorothy attended the opening. A lot of the interior work is of...
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INTERNATIONAL SOCCER - ENGLAND HOLD BRAZIL
A capacity crowd gathered at Wembley to watch the world's best football team Brazil play against England. Football in South America is a way of life. And certainly in Brazil its developed into a fine art. England got more of the ball...
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RUSSIANS HAMMER ENGLAND
Amateur boxing at Wembley, and let's hope it wasn't a fore-taste of England's performance in the Empire Games later this month! Grigoriev, fighting Peter Bennyworth in the Bantamweight bout, scored one of Russia's 8 victories. We won...
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CRICKET - WEST INDIAN PREVIEW
Arundel Castle. An ideal place to greet the West Indian Tourists. The tourists were playing the traditional curtain-raiser against the Duke of Norfolk's XI. The large number of West Indians in the crowd, ensured that the tourists had...
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INFLATION IS THE ANSWER
Britain's at war against insects, or to be more exact, the Government department, which is helping developing countries to overcome their food problems. This inflatable plastic grain warehouse has been developed by a Scottish firm for...
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ROYAL JOURNEY (COLOUR)
The Queen and Prince Philip approaching Suva aboard ""Britannia"", but their stay in this island had to be cut to 5 hours due to delays on the flight from Canada. This was the second time they had visited the island. There were thousands...
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SOVIET SURGEONS SEW IT UP
Seen here demonstrating some fascinating new instruments used by Soviet surgeons, Professor Romashov, who is visiting London with a trade mission. They've been taking big strides forward in the techniques of heart surgery, and these...
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CHRISTMAS IS COMING
First there's the parcel sorting at the GPO at Mount Pleasant, also showing Post Master General. In Copenhagen Santa Claus answers children's letters. In Trafalgar Square in London, there's the Christmas Tree from Norway, and the...
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RUGBY LEAGUE TEST - BRITAIN SUFFERS MASSACRE
Taking the turf at Wembley for the First Rugby League Test the Australian tourists, with Great Britain. Britain kicked off in great style, but the flood-lights were to show up their performance as one of the most ineffective ever seen at...
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RIDING THE RUNNERS
Our pictures show the Bob-Sleigh World Championships at Innsbruck, Austria. They took place on a new track which will be used for the Winter Olympics in 1964. Italy's No 1 team won the title, second place also went to Italy, and...
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ENGLAND BEAT YUGOSLAVIA
At Wembley, England beat Yugoslavia, the score was 3-0. It was the first time England had ever beaten Yugoslavia. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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SOVIET TOUR CONTINUED
Westminster Pier was the departure point for Marshal Bulganin and Mr Khrushchev, when they travelled by launch, to Greenwich. At the Royal Naval College, they were welcomed by Lord Cilcennin. Their next visit was to Harwell where Sir...
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LINER RAMMED
The Dutch liner ""Waterman"" put in at Brest, after having a great gash ripped in her stern by collision with an Italian cargo ship. The liner was taking over 300 Hungarian refugees to Canada, they were to be transferred to another...