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DESERT TRAGEDY
Ten miles from Cairo Airport a jet plane of Pakistan International Airlines crashed and 121 people were killed. The plane was on an inaugural flight linking Communist China with the Middle East and should have flown onto Geneva and...
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HOLLYWOOD'S CHRISTMAS GREETING
The Catholic Youth Organisation headed the Xmas march along the famous Hollywood Boulevard. The Marines were on parade, as well as a show marking California's Centennial celebration in honour of the ""Forty-Niners"" of gold rush days....
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KIWIS TAKE OVER
While British soldiers of the First Battalion of the Loyal Regiment are enjoying the sun in New Zealand, men of the New Zealand Army are getting a taste of the seasonal weather in London. Here they arrive at Buckingham Palace to start...
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BACK FROM EXILE
German prisoners return from Russia; at Hof-Moschendorf another train-load arrives at one of the reception camps in Western Germany and one can well imagine the joy experienced by the ex-prisoners and their relatives at this moment of...
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NAUGHTY TEMPERS FLARE IN ROLLER DERBY
In Madison Square Garden, the Roller Skating Championship was held. The rules of this sort of thing seem to be very elastic and the girls really let themselves go. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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CLEARING THE CANAL
The work of clearing the Suez Canal is steadily going ahead. The 2,600 ton minelayer HMS Manxman, was the first ship to pass through the newly cleared channel. Danish troops for the United Nations Force arrived in Port Said under the...
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INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD
Singers and dancers from all over the world came to the Welsh town of Llangollen for the International Musical Eisteddfod and the National costumes of many lands were to be seen in the streets. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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VIVE LE SPORT
The five mile International Down River race, organised by the French Kayak Club. Soviet sporting stars of the future start young, at a training camp near Moscow. Dancers at the Festival in Pamplona. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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FRENCH RESISTANCE HONOURED
French paratroops were on parade in Dorset Square, London, for a ceremony attended by the Prime Ministers of Great Britain and of France. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother went to unveil the plaque in honour of the Free-French Resistance...
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JACK MEETS IVAN
The Royal Navy visits Leningrad, and received a very warm welcome from ""Ivan"". 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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RIVER WARRIORS HAIL THE QUEEN
At Port Harcourt in Eastern Nigeria, the Queen and the Duke watched the war canoe Regatta. Later, some thirty miles from Enugu is the Oji River Leper Settlement. At Apapa Wharf at Lagos, a Guard of Honour from HMS 'Magpie'. By unveiling...
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BRITISH GAMES RECORDS - WHITE CITY
The International Mile at the British Games was won by the Hungarian Tabori in 3 minutes 59 seconds, while Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson both broke four minutes. In the International two miles, Ken Wood fought a duel with another...
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ALL BLACKS BEAT WELSH HOODOO
On the three previous visits the All Blacks made to Cardiff they have been beaten. Don Clarke scored from a penalty after the first few minutes. Then in the fourteenth minute Bruce Watts scored another goal. The Welsh Captain Rowlands...
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CENTRAL AFRICA - VISION IN WOOD
This church at a Central African mission has become noted for its magnificent carvings. Father Grober who arrived here from Switzerland in 1948, discovered the natural talent of the local people for wood-carving, a talent he has done...
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RACING ROUNDABOUT
In spite of the bad weather, the traditional race meeting at Epsom was one place where there was plenty of action. Winner of the Ranmore Selling Handicap Stakes for 3-year olds was ""Benign"", with ""Silver Star"" second. ® At Hayling...
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PHOENIX FROM THE FIRE
The famous 15th century Coventry Cathedral was almost totally destroyed in November 1940, in one of the heaviest raids of the last war. The decision to build a new cathedral was taken, and in 1950, Sir Basil Spence was selected to be the...
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20,000 PEOPLE GREET BRITAIN'S WAR-TIME PREMIER
About 20,000 people packed the centre of Amsterdam to welcome Winston Churchill. In the course of his speech he again stressed the theme of a United Europe. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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MILK RACE
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WORLD PLOUGHING
The 20th World Ploughing Contest at Wellingtonbridge, Co. Wexford. Won by Finnish ploughman Paavo Tuominen. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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ASIAN FAMILIES
Mr Jeremy Thorpe, the Liberal Leader, takes an Asian family into his country cottage. ® And the Duke of Edinburgh visits the Resettlement Centre at West Malling. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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SCOTTISH CRAFTS SHOW
An exhibition of Arts and Crafts at the MacRobert Pavilion, Edinburgh. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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SPORTACULAR '71
The World of Sport goes to Earl's Court, with simulated ski-slopes, a golf range, hot wheel racing, and a weight-lifting contest between Britain and Hungary. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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BANGLADESH
Film taken of Indian troops advancing further into Bangladesh, just prior to a cease fire in Bangladesh. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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BELGIUM'S GIGANTIC DAM COMPLETED
At Eupen (near Liege) the dam on the river Vesdre has been inaugurated by Belgium's Minister for Public Works. Work on this large and important project was begun as long ago as 1935. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...