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WORLD PROBLEM - COAL -
The problem of maintaining the output of coal is as widespread as it is urgent and vital. In Canada miners in the fighting forces have been volunteering to go back in the pits. In America the mines have been troubled once again by...
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FALL OF CATANIA (FIRST PICTURES) -
General Montgomery's big attack on Catania came to fruition on the fifth of August. The population of Catania were pleased to welcome our troops. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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First Exclusive Sound Pictures of British Coalmine
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Italian Quarrymen Blast For Marble
20 ton charge of dynamite dislodges huge face of precious rock from Carrara Mountain. 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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Forest of Dean - Duke of Kent's visit.
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LIDICE SHALL LIVE -
The ""Lidice-shall-live"" Movement, conceived in Britain very soon after the Nazis' brutal blotting-out of the Czechoslovak village, received its official blessing when President Benes recently visited Hanley, in Staffordshire....
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Gold Mining In South West Wales.
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FIRST PICTURES: OPENING OF HOSTILITIES -
The Russian Army prepares to take on the Nazi aggressor. The strengthening of defence works and the constitution of additional fortifications has begun. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT KEEPS MINERS FIT -
Miners are given a two minute daily dose of sun-ray treatment to help compensate for the time they spend underground. The innovation was first introduced at Doncaster and is expected to spread to other areas. Disclaimer: British...
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ROYAL WEST COUNTRY TOUR -
During their three-day visit to the West Country the King and Queen visited a Cornish tin mine. They inspected Land Army girls and saw Wrens at work. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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VICTORIA - THE ROYAL TOUR
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One of the interesting places visited by the Queen and the Duke recently was the...
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NEW GUINEA - COMB
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OPEN CUT COAL -
Coal is always in the news - for no-one seems to have enough of it. In New South Wales, part of Australia's supply comes from open cut mines, which produce first-class quality. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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THE DUKE IN YORKSHIRE -
During his recent visit to Yorkshire, the Duke of Edinburgh opened the £500,000 laboratories of the British Iron and Steel Research Association. He also visited one of Yorkshire's biggest collieries at Doncaster. Disclaimer: British...
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Pit Ponies Take Part In Cardiff Horse Show - NO SOUND
Pit Ponies leave the mines to take part in the Cardiff Horse Show. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
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Lord Stamp and a Big Blast
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NUCLEAR BREAKTHROUGH WILL CUT COSTS
A new reactor has been devised which will help cut the cost of electricity. It's known as AGR - Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor. Which means the final elements will be cooled by gas. This gas which absorbs the heat from the nuclear fuel,...
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FROM JARROW TO JETS
Pictures of the token march from Hyde Park to Westminster of three hundred Scottish miners who are protesting against pit closures. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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SEEING FOR HIMSELF
Prince Philip visits Bevercotes Colliery near Retford, Nottinghamshire, to see Mining by Automation. The wealth beneath the sea is also featured on his tour, as he pays a flying visit to the BP Drilling Rig, Sea Quest. Disclaimer:...
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VIGIL AT CHAMPAGNOLE
Pictures show rescuers at work at Champagnole in Eastern France, consoling the trapped miners. 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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HOW TO STOP SMOKING
The demolition of a giant chimney in West Germany. It is four hundred feet and one of the tallest in Europe. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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ANEURIN BEVAN
A tribute to a great man who died on the 6th July, 1960. 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...
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BEVIN'S BOYS -
Mr Bevin's ""ballotees"" prepare to go down the mines, at a Training Centre in Swinton, Lancs., they are taught truck handling etc. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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SAVED FROM THE PIT
When Lord Balfour told the waiting crowd that the first of well over a hundred of the trapped miners was coming up, it was good news indeed. Fears for the safety of thirteen missing miners was ever present in the minds of all concerned....