British Movietone
VAAGSO RAID -
The Commandos set out before first light, the object to capture the small defended island of Vaagso, off the Norwegian coast. The German garrison are taken by surprise and quickly over come on the island of Maaloy. Barges then cross the...
British Movietone
NEW GUINEA - DESPERATE SEARCH
It was off the coast of Dutch New Guinea that Michael Rockefeller, son of New York's millionaire Governor, was last seen, swimming to that inhospitable shore. Flashback to that happy day in 1959, when Mr Nelson Rockefeller attended his...
British Movietone
OSLO LANDSLIDE
Not far from Oslo, a landslide (that swept away 120 yards of a road and part of the near-by railway) resulted in tragedy when four people lost their lives. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
OSLO OLYMPICS CLOSE -
The ending of the Winter Olympic Games at Oslo was marked by a ceremony of flags. After the national flags had been lowered, the great Olympic flag itself played its symbolic part in the final ritual. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
British Movietone
BRITISH WOMEN IN WINTER OLYMPICS
Two British competitors are seen among the competitors in the slalom race at Oslo, they were Hilary Laing and Sheena Macintosh. Britain's big triumph there was by Jeannette Altwegg who clinched her figure-skating victory with a brilliant...
British Movietone
VAAGSO RAID - NO SOUND
The Commandos set out before first light, the object to capture the small defended island of Vaagso, off the Norwegian coast. The German garrison are taken by surprise and quickly over come on the island of Maaloy. Barges then cross the...
Curated Video
CAN848 NEW LINER READY TO START WINTER SEASON
A new Fred Olsen cruise liner the 'Black Prince' is to go into service for winter season cruises. The liner's new captain is Captain Lars Nygaard.
1. ms name 'Black Prince' pull out and pan to show cruise liner
2. ms pan saloon bar
3....
Curated Video
CAN766 SCENES FROM HEDMARK AS NORWEGIAN FARMERS MANURE FIELDS COVERED IN SNOW BY AEROPLANE
Scenes from Hedmark as Norwegian farmers manure fields covered in snow by aeroplane.
1. farmer measuring depth of snow with a stick and shows it off to camera
2. gv small plane takes off
3. gv plane spraying powder in flight
4. ms...
Curated Video
CAN673 MAN MAKES CHRISTMAS TROLLS
A man in Norway is shown hand-making 'trolls,' mythological beings who steal Father Christmas' gifts as he delivers then at Christmas.
1. ls ha snow-covered landscape
2. vs mcu snow covered trees
3. ws log cabin
4. mcu cabin window
5....
Curated Video
CAN 581 SCANDINAVIAN HOVERCRAFT DEMONSTRATED IN NORWAY
A hovercraft is demonstrated on a lake in Geiranger, Germany whilst a crowds watches.
1. ws hovercraft as inflatable skirt sinks
2. ws as people get on hovercraft
3. ms man watching as people board hovercraft
4. ws hovercraft crew...
Curated Video
CAN 583 LEADERS OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES MEET IN SWEDEN
Present are Swedish Prime Minister. Present are Swedish Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Willy Brandt leader of German Social Democratic Party, George Brown British First Secretary of State, Leader of Danish Social Democrats Otto Krag, ...
Curated Video
CAN 073 SPEED-SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP IN HAMAR
Scenes of an international speed-skating tournament in Hamar, Norway.
1. ws entrance to Hamar Stadium
2. ms raising the Norwegian flag in the stadium, pull out
3. vs speed-skating races
4. various ms scoreboard
5. ws pan of crowd
6. vs...
Curated Video
ARRIVALS FOR WHAT COULD BE LAST DAY OF BREIVIK TRIAL
The defence has started its closing arguments on the last day of the 10-week trial of confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik.
Breivik's lawyers are expected to use Friday's closing arguments at Oslo district court to...
Curated Video
CAN540 TRADITIONAL LAPP DESIGNS INSPIRE NEW FASHION RANGE
Norwegians designers copy Lapp dress styles for new sportswear fashions.
1. ws Lapp camp, tents with women sitting outside
2. ms Lapp tent and woman chopping firewood, women opens flap of tent
3. mcu Lapp woman uncovers baby in cot
4....
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Probable Breivik convoy arrives at Oslo courthouse
CLEAN: Probable Breivik convoy arrives at Oslo courthouse
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: 'Norway attacks suspect' video appears on YouTube - RESTRICTIONS APPLY
CLEAN: 'Norway attacks suspect' video appears on YouTube - RESTRICTIONS APPLY
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: 'Norway attacks suspect' video appears on YouTube
CLEAN: 'Norway attacks suspect' video appears on YouTube
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Norway set for swing to right as voting
CLEAN : Norway set for swing to right as voting
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Tracking the retreat of Arctic ice
Glaciers are melting at an accelerated rate due to climate change, causing major changes in the eco system as rock sediments are flushed into fjords, such as in the bay of Ny-Alesund in Norway, the world's northernmost civilian settlement
Bloomberg
Five Things We Learned This Week (03/24)
Mar.24 -- From the happiest people on earth to airlines cutting back on in-flight entertainment, here are five things we learned this week.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
'Josephine Ford' hits a snowbank during a test run in Norway
'Josephine Ford' airplane rocks on struts as ground crew affixes its skis; the Byrd Arctic Expedition will test the runway prepared out of packed ice and snow / plane moves away on its skis / plane approaches, skis past / plane moves...