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FOUR POWER CONFERENCE
The Allied Control Building in the American sector of Berlin was the eventual choice for the four-power conference. The four Foreign Ministers arrived with their delegations to start the all-important talks. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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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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COLOMBIA - ""BELLY FLOP""
The landing gear of a ""Constellation"", arriving at Bogota, was jammed. So, there was no choice for the captain, it's got to be a belly landing! It was a perfect job, but in contrast to the captain's coolness, there was panic among...
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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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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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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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THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS
The Forestry Commission supplies a hundred thousand pounds worth of fir trees for Christmas. The Commission has five hundred forests throughout the country. They take good care to see that none are stolen and have a round-the-clock watch...
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REMEMBER, REMEMBER!
It was over three hundred and fifty years ago that Guy Fawkes made his name. It's been a gift to the kids, ever since. They love the fifth of November. Grown-ups go in for celebrating, too. Whether they're all celebrating the...
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BERLIN RIOTS
4,000 Communists, mostly from the Eastern sector of Berlin, started a violent demonstration to break up a meeting of German war veterans. 300 West Berlin police were needed to control it and several of them were injured. Disclaimer:...
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HARVEST FROM A WILDERNESS
Thanks to the great ""Ord River Project"" the rugged dry wasteland beneath the Kymberley Mountains of Westland Australia is fast becoming irrigated and fertile. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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MOVIETONE PRESENTS - REVIEW 70 -
All the highlights of the year in a special King Size release heralding the splendid seventies. ® Twelve months in as many minutes - An Action Package, recording the dramas, the tragedies, the achievements of 1970. Disclaimer: British...
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PREMIERS' VITAL CONFERENCE
The Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference opened at Marlborough House, London. The emergence of a new pattern in world affairs makes this a meeting of historic importance. Delegates included, Canada's Mr Diefenbaker, Dr Eric Williams,...
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RUSSIAN VISITOR'S TOUR
Sailors from Soviet warships that brought Marshal Bulganin and Mr Khrushchev to Britain, have been sightseeing in London. The Cenotaph in Whitehall was included in the round London tour made by the Soviet Premier and the Communist Party...
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THE PRINCESS IN MAURITIUS
The island Colony of Mauritius, far out in the Indian Ocean, over fifteen hundred miles from Mombasa, was the second place visited on the royal tour. Port Louis is the capital and was the destination of the royal yacht 'Britannia'. Her...
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VIVE PARIS -
(First pictures of the liberated French Capital). French fighting forces raced to the relief of Paris, wiping out German strong points on the outskirts of the City. General Leclerc, leader of the liberating forces, drove in with his...
Press Association
Woman arrested over fatal Chalk Farm attack
Woman killed in Chalk Farm in north London becomes the third person to be killed on the capital's streets in the space of just 12 hours.
A 35-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering the victim who was stabbed to death.
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Big Ben scaled by climate change activist
An Extinction Rebellion protester has scaled the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben, saying he was inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg.
When he reached the top he draped two banners from the structure.
One featured the...
Bloomberg
Police Use Gas, Horses, Concussion Grenades in Washington
Jun.02 -- Phalanxes of District of Columbia police, National Guard officers, Secret Service personnel and other law enforcement agents used tear-gas canisters and grenades that make a deafening noise and blinding light to disperse a...
Press Association
Hundreds join London protest against George Floyd death
Hundreds of people have gathered in Trafalgar Square to protest against the death of a black man restrained by police in America.
The Black Lives Matter demonstration on Sunday was organised after George Floyd died when a white officer...
Press Association
£10,000 fines for breaching self-isolation rule
A look at the new fines that come in on September 28 for breaching the rules on self-isolating.
People in England who refuse an order to self-isolate will face fines of up to £10,000, the Government has warned amid deepening concern...
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Police officer dies after car rams US Capitol barricade
A car rammed a barricade outside the US Capitol killing a police officer, injuring another and leading to a suspect being shot, police have confirmed. Capitol Police say the incident happened at a checkpoint near the building in...
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Harry Dunn’s family to fly to US to give evidence under oath in damages claim
Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, the parents of Harry Dunn arrive at Terminal 2 of Heathrow Airport, London, before departing on a flight to the US to give evidence under oath as part of a damages claim against their son’s alleged killer.