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Recent heavy rains in Normandy meant another battle, that with the...

Recent heavy rains in Normandy meant another battle, that with the mud. The battle for Caen was preceded by a real Montgomery barrage. Everywhere prisoners were taken making the total taken in Normandy by the 5th July over fifty...

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,...

These pictures show some of the ships that took part in the sinking of the Scharnhorst. The ""Duke of York"" is seen returning after the victory. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...

Southern England has been badly hit in the past six weeks by the ""Doodlebugs"". Many people, including air crew, are helping to repair the damage inflicted by these flying bombs. The American 8th Air Force filmed a pilots eye view of...

The national strike called by the General Confederation of Labour has a limited effect although some trains are not running and a few factories closed.

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Construction of new dams<br/>
Construction of hydro elec<br/>tric plants
Laying <br/>teleph<br/>one cable, wires
Ea<br/>rly radios
First televi<br/>sion transmission
Milk industry refrigerated trucks

Officials arrive in Zanzibar for independence celebrations

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lding
2. crowds on tarmac as pl
ane taxies
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earing garland
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Israeli occupied Syria, at Lebanse border Israelis reinforce vital oil pipe line and build road

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US Marines are shown firing tanks and building a bridge during the Vietnam War.

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A progress report on the two and a quarter mile tunnel being driven under the Wye and Severn to carry high voltage cables linking the electrical grid systems of England and Wales. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...

After fifteen years in construction, the giant Soviet Hydro-electric scheme on the Yenisei River nears completion. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...

They've finished building the new Excelsior luxury hotel at Glasgow Airport, and Under-Secretary of State for Scotland George Younger performs the ""topping out"" ceremony. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...

Movietone looks at the International sporting scene. ® The Fijian Rugby Tourists show tremendously enthusiastic form in Australia, while, at Wembley, the bulldozers tear up one of the greatest football pitches in the world. ® Through...

In Paris, a job for cool heads as painters become ""aerial artists"" to clean up the Eiffel Tower. ® From Russia, equally high level employment for the teams erecting electricity cables across a valley a mile and a quarter wide -...

Not before time, an attempt is made to arrest the damage caused by insects and rot in an Essex Church, believed to be the oldest wooden church in the world. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...

An enterprising Canadian ""Do-it-Yourself"" enthusiast overcomes official apathy and decides to buy his own bridge and erect it over the Fraser River. In doing so, he and his neighbours are saved a sixty mile drive to the nearest...

A new underground rail tunnel being dug under the streets of Rome threatens some of the ancient monuments in the city.

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affic
2. MCU of a subway develo
pment...

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ction
2. Mid shot constructi
on workers
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shot bulldozer
4. Wide sh
ot construction site
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mmering stick into...

1. Various of ruptured gas pipeline burning

Attackers set off explosives along a gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula that transports fuel to neighbouring Israel and Jordan early on Thursday, Egypt's state news agency...

Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia Ian Smith arrives to Lisbon.

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The final stages of a three and a half million pound Australian Hydro-Electric project which will light up large tracts of New Guinea. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...

Heavy artillery firing from the Dover area bombarded the French channel ports. It was Canadian troops which captured Boulogne for the Allies, thus freeing another port for the movement of reinforcements and supplies. Disclaimer:...

The ""DH98"" or ""Mosquito"" has been one of the success stories of the war. Its construction of lightweight wood gives it the advantage of speed. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...