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KANE RETAINS EUROPEAN TITLE
Peter Kane retains the European Bantamweight Title. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do...
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SECOND BATTLE OF ARNHEM -
The battle of Arnhem and the important Rhine crossing there has been fought again - and won. Film taken under fire in Arnhem tells its own story of street fighting among blazing buildings - of house-to-house searches and of mopping up....
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EISENHOWER INSTALLED AS PRESIDENT
General Eisenhower has assumed office as President of Columbia University. 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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GOODBYE TO RAINBOW CORNER
The American Red Cross Club, Rainbow Corner, has closed down. Large crowds gathered inside and out for the closing. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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UNCLE SAM'S FLEET DAY
Navy Day celebrations in America were a very big occasion. The ships were moored in the Hudson River and President Truman dedicated America's new aircraft carrier before reviewing the fleet. Later thousands gathered in Central Park to...
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BERLIN AND THE BIG THREE
Under the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate Field Marshal Montgomery presents medals to Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Rokossovsky. ® ® The people of Berlin have begun clearing up their city whose once imposing buildings now lie in ruins. The...
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PREMIER VISITS RED CROSS EXHIBITION
The Premier was greeted by Lord Woolton (Executive Committee Chairman) when he came to open the Red Cross Society's Exhibition at their London headquarters. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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MOSS TALKS TO MOVIETONE (Exclusive)
Our pictures show a flashback to last year's Grand Prix at Aintree, highlight of the British Racing season. Its winner, von Trips, has since been killed, and Stirling Moss severely injured. Will Moss compete again? We approached him...
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AROUND THE CIRCUITS
Not far away at the Crystal Palace, crowds turned up to see the 4-wheelers do their stuff. Roy Salvadori, in a Jaguar, got home first in the Saloon Car Event. There were 14 cars and 50 miles to go in the Formula One race. Having broken...
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STIRLING MOSS - THE TOPS
The Italian Grand Prix - Monza, was won by Stirling Moss in a Vanwall. 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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STIRLING MOSS WINS AGAIN
At Pescara, in Italy, the 286 mile Grand Prix was won by Stirling Moss. He took the lead in the second lap and never lost it, clocking the fastest lap at 97.2 and speeding on to an all British victory. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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DOCTORS' HOBBIES
On show at the Doctors' Hobbies Exhibition, recently held in London, were paintings, a ship made of matchsticks. Violin (one of them used by Yehudi Menuhin) won first prize at the show for Dr Gordon. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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KENNEDY IN LATIN AMERICA
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FRENCH ROYAL WEDDING
Princess Helene, with her father, the Comte de Paris, pretender to the throne of France, arrived at Droux, in Normandy for her wedding. She married Count Evrara de Limbourg-Stirum, of Belgium. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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STIRLING MOSS WINS
Stirling Moss won the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne, beating Jean Behra by a lap. 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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QUEEN MOTHER UNVEILS PORTRAIT
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother visited the Canadian Club of America in New York, where she unveiled a portrait of the Queen. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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SOCCER CENTENARY - ENGLAND ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Football Association, the English Eleven take the field at Wembley alongside a team representing the Rest of the World. One of the greatest soccer encounters ever staged, it's the first time...
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MOSS WINS FOR BRITAIN
Seventeen of the world's top drivers competed for the Netherlands Grand Prix, the second European event for the World Championship. Stirling Moss drove his Vanwall to victory for Britain. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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WHIPSNADE COMES OF AGE
Whipsnade Zoo had come of age and has had quite a theatrical party as a celebration; Dinah Sheridan and Arthur Askey were among the stars attending. While the Whipsnade Chimps were cooling off with a soft drink, Chimps in St. Louis, USA...
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THE INNOCENT EYE
The Sunday Mirror's Exhibition of Children's Art with 807 works of art competing. 17 year old Peter Goddard of Ilkeston, Derbyshire won the top award for young artists - a training grant worth £300. ® A Berlin business man saved from...
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LIGHTNING LOVER!
We see Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland, at the London Headquarters of 20th Century Fox, shortly after their engagement. Peter had only known Britt two days before he proposed. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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BEATLES HIT NEW YORK
We show pictures of Ringo, George, Paul and John, (The Beatles) at their press conference in New York before appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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MOSS BACK IN FORM
The sports car race at Karlskoga in Sweden was won by Stirling Moss in a Lotus. This was Stirling's first major race since being badly injured a mere 6 weeks before. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views...
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MOSS WINS AT NURBURGRING
The German thousand-kilometre race for Sports Cars took place on the Nurburgring, six hundred and twenty miles on a twisting, tortuous course, at speeds averaging over eighty. Number two, Whitehead (Aston Martin), three, Tony Brooks...