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ROADWISE
The Ministry of Transport Testing Centre at Hendon where, in a year from now, lorries will be joining cars for the compulsory MOT tests. Over sixty Test Centres will be in use all over Britain. In Switzerland, a new six million pound...
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BRIDGE FOR SALE
London Bridge, opened in 1931, is up for sale to a buyer who undertakes to preserve it for posterity. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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NEW PENNIES
Britain goes Decimal in 1971, but the new coinage has already been designed. Work is also underway on the new Mint in South Wales where the decimal coinage will be produced. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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Speedboat Racing on man made lake.
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CRUMBLING CATHEDRAL
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PORT PRIORITY
Transport Minister, Barbara Castle visits the twenty million pound Port Extension scheme which will make Tilbury the largest Container Port in the country. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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Super Flying Boats in the making.
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Famous sky ride of Chicago Fair meets its doom.
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Dangers of damming Columbia River.
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A slight slip on Sheppey Bridge.
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BIG CLEAN UP
The flood disaster area of Oostzaan in Holland has just been visited by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. He'd come to see for himself how everyone was getting on, now that the broken dyke had been repaired and the water pumped away....
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NEW LAMPS FOR OLD
Dungeness is to have new lamps for old, involving the construction of a new lighthouse to take them. It's being built the modern way, and many technical improvements will go into this new building. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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PREMIER'S TOUR - A HIGHLIGHT
Looking closely at a development plan in Lagos, Mr Macmillan was also shown the plan for the impressive sports stadium, to be completed in time for Nigeria's Independence Day next October. Britain's Prime Minister was touring the...
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RICHES FROM THE DESERT
Early last Spring, France was hard at work, laying a 400-mile pipe-line from the central Sahara to the Mediterranean. Enormous reserves of oil had been discovered in the Sahara, and the 24-inch pipe-line would carry these riches from the...
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THE SEAWAY OPENED
Her Majesty, with Prince Philip, was at St. Hubert Air Station Montreal to welcome President Eisenhower. The very friendly greetings were followed by airport ceremonial, before the Queen and the President drove off together. The occasion...
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WINDSCALE RENEWED
At Windscale in Cumberland, where an atomic reactor ""blew up"", so to speak, in 1957, big things are happening. The new atom furnaces being built will be safer and far more efficient. Windscale's new Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor, here...
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NEW BRIDGE FOR OLD
A transporter bridge, crossing the Mersey between Runcorn and Widnes, has long been the road link joining Cheshire with Lancashire here. We show pictures how motorists have got across from one busy town to the other. The method, however...
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UNDER THE TYNE
The Queen opens the new thirteen million pound tunnel at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 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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DNIEPER ONSLAUGHT -
The latest film from the Eastern Front shows the capture of Zaporozhe, which was a strong centre of resistance created by the Germans in defence of the Dnieper Line. The Russians have now driven the Nazis back from Stalingrad 850 miles...
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THROUGH THE GUSTAV LINE AND BEYOND -
News from Italy is still very good, with the captured of San Angelo and Castelforte. French forces too have done terrific work in the advances. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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STALINGRAD ARISES -
Pictures of Stalingrad taken earlier this year show the terrible destruction wrought in the city and the struggle to clear and rebuild it. In Moscow, the British Ambassador was present when delegates from Stalingrad received the sword of...
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BRIDGEHEAD TO ROME -
The landings at Anzio caught the Germans napping having just moved troops up to the Cassino front. Salerno was the embarkation site and crafts of many sizes took the troops over to the landings. General Alexander was soon on the spot,...
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DRIVE THROUGH
The Mole burrows beneath the Mersey - A giant Excavator, tunnelling the second underwater link between Liverpool and Wallasey. ® In Switzerland, excavations are over and the new San Bernardino Tunnel is opened in the Alps. Disclaimer:...
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LEARNING TOGETHER
Three Primary Schools at Walsall, Staffs, have been built on the Open-Plan principle. But a wall to wall carpet softens the noise. An experiment in education that could have a permanent effect on our school programme. Disclaimer: British...