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MILK ROUND GIVES SQUARE DEAL
A new way of delivering milk - a plastic bag, encased in a fibre board box is replacing the old fashioned milk churn. The new packs are disposable, weigh about a third less than a churn and take up less space. ® The personality Milkman...
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WATCH ON THE RHINE ARMY
Prime Minister Harold Wilson stops off to see the Berlin Wall while on his way to Bonn for talks with West Germany's leaders. He also inspected the 3rd Battalion East Anglian Regiment outside the British headquarters. ® Disclaimer:...
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BIRTHPLACE OF THE SPITFIRES
A memorial marking the association between Birmingham and the Royal Air Force is unveiled by Alex Henshaw, formerly chief test pilot at Castle Bromwich RAF Station. The memorial is a replica of the RAF bridge which used to stand above...
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ON THE MARCH AGAIN
Easter time is traditionally the time for the big ban-the-bomb rally at Aldermaston. It was bigger than ever this year, and Canon Collins, one of the organisers of the march, led the marchers from Aldermaston to London, a 50-mile walk....
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PILGRIMAGE FOR PEACE
Pictures show the visit to New York of Pope Paul VI and his personal appeal for peace at the United Nations. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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RHODESIA IN THE BALANCE
A round up of Rhodesia and its economy, as it faces the most important decision in its history. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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SCOTTISH INVASION DEFEATS WELSH
Pictures show the match at Hampden Park, against Scotland and Wales. Scotland defeated the Welsh by 4 goals to 1. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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GAR WOOD'S NEW BOAT
Gar Wood another veteran has invented what he says will be the design of future liners. The ship having twin hulls, cut through the rollers instead of riding them. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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TOWARDS WORLD CUP
Pictures show the draw for the World Cup, in a London hotel. Sir Stanley Rous, President of FIFA, gives the order of matches for the 16 teams during this fortnight's Festival of Sport. ® Also highlights of the match between England and...
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COOPER RETAINS TITLES
Old friends met again for the eighth time: Henry Cooper defending his British and Empire heavyweight titles against Joe Erskine. The contest was presented by Reg King at Nottingham. It was in round five that the champion began to do the...
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FROM BLACKFRIARS TO MILAN
A carpet, which will eventually be 30 ft long, is being made in London at this Workshop for the Handicapped; a new venture by the Blackfriars Settlement. It provides work for people who are handicapped, either by old age, blindness or...
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EARS TO SEE THROUGH
Sir Bernard Lovell, master-mind behind the Jodrell Bank radio telescope, built in 1957, has just introduced the Mark Two Telescope, which has cost three hundred thousand pounds. A new 'ear' for listening to distant radio sources, it will...
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MEET THE SHAKESPEARES
1964 is the four hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare, the great poet. Few men can feel so closely concerned with this anniversary as Harold George Shakespeare Hart, an engineer of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire: Mr Hart is the...
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SKIING ON SKIN!
No place for tender feet at the Australian Barefoot Water Ski Championships in Sydney! We joined Geoff Nicholls, a recognised expert. And something never attempted before, a barefoot ski jump. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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NEW ZEALAND - GOLDEN SHEARS
An international contest took place in New Zealand, shearing sheep for the Championship title. Each man had 20 sheep to barber, and not a second to spare! Bing McDonald was the eventual winner, and the Champion of the Golden Shears....
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WHITE CITY WINNERS
England V the Russian Federal Republic at the White City, in a meeting sponsored by the News of the World. The men's hundred metres was won by David Jones in ten point five. A high jump win by Russia's Valery Brumel was a certainty. He...
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BIG SIT-DOWN
The big sit-down was organised by the ""Committee of 100"", and many thousands took part. Canon Collins (Chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) was there as an observer, and over 1,300 are said to have been arrested. It all...
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BLACKPOOL - FASHION ON TOP
Blackpool is in the news again. The Hair Fair drew many spectators, and many champions of the art of hair-do's were among competitors at the show, which lasted 4 days. The so-called ""Spectaculars"" were perhaps the best part of the...
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IT'S A STRANGE WORLD
Our pictures show a class being taught the mysteries of yoga, and pupils' ages range from 4 to 70. Try it yourself, yoga can work wonders! ® A strong believer is Miss Sadie Harrison of Manchester, a very young 68. Thanks largely to...
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WHITE CITY ATHLETICS
The meeting at the White City was organised by the London Clubs. The hundred yards, one of the contests between London and Rhineland Cities was won by David Jones in nine point seven. The women's eighty metres hurdles was another London...
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PAINTINGS AT A PRICE
The portrait of the First Duke of Wellington, painted when the Iron Duke was 43, set a record price for a Goya. It was knocked down, to an American, for a hundred and forty thousand pounds! This was one of 32 pictures sent by the Duke of...
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DRIVE TO PAINT
London action-painter Mr William Morris is an artist with a new approach, he mixes his colours in a wheelbarrow. The barrow comes in handy with a canvas that size. But that's not all, he uses a sports car to spread the colours!...
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Watermen Clear River For Henley Regatta
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RYDER CUP FORM
It's the Wentworth Club, background to the Ballantine's Golf Tournament. Special interest attached to the contest, because it was being played on the eve of the Ryder Cup. Our pictures show members of Britain's Ryder Cup team competing,...