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BATTLE OF THE RHINE CROSSINGS -
The Allied Army of the Air which crossed into Holland was mostly borne in gliders and there were many crashes and bad landings. These are the first pictures to be received from the area of Oosterbeek and Arnhem itself. They were taken by...
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Courtesy Cops.
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ROUND-UP OF SPIES IN USA -
In New York a round up of twenty-nine spies, twenty-two of which were German. 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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HUGE BLAZE AT NY DOCKS -
Sabotage was thought to be the cause of the huge blaze in Brooklyn. 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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CYPRUS DEMONSTRATION
A Greek Anniversary, celebrated in Cyprus:- Oxi Day recalling the Greek people's rejection of Mussolini's ultimatum to surrender in 1940. The Cyprus Government forbade any demonstrations which could lead to a breach of the peace, but...
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PUERTO RICO - TERRORIST ARRESTED -
A fierce gun-battle broke out when Puerto-Rican Nationalists tried to prevent police from arresting their leader. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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TUNIS AFTERMATH -
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PERSIAN UPHEAVAL -
Literally overnight, the whole picture was reversed in Tehran, when the royalists took over control and Mossadeq was arrested. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video...
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LUMUMBA - VIOLENT REACTION
Arrest, ill-treatment, imprisonment, death: such was the fate of Patrice Lumumba. It has been the signal for violent reactions in many parts of the world. First, in the United Nations itself, where a Security Council meeting was...
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REPORT FROM ALGERIA
It started with the arrival of President de Gaulle on what was planned to be a 5-day tour of Algeria. At one place after another, he moved freely among the crowds of Muslims, who greeted him warmly. But the other side of the story was to...
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DOMINICI ARRESTED -
In the South of France, Gaston Dominici, arrested for the murder of Sir Jack Drummond, his wife and daughter, gives the police his version of the terrible events of fifteen months ago. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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BERLIN - SPANDAU GUARD CHANGING
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Reventlow Baby Focal Point Of Rumours
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CAPTIVE PILOTS HOME
Captains David Taylor and Trevor Copleston, pilots of the Tshombe Hi-jack plane return to London after three-months captivity in Algeria. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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THE AMERICAN DILEMMA
Flashpoint Detroit, sparking off the blaze of race riots across the United States. In New York, Negroes leave Harlem to loot Fifth Avenue. In the words of President Johnson, whose Commission on Civil Disorder is to seek a solution, ""the...
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NONE FOR THE ROAD
Enjoying a fine wine - or a beer with boys - is part of the British way of life. But the new Road Safety Act suggests that, as a nation of drivers, it's time we seriously revised our attitudes to drink. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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MORE ROME RIOTS
A bloody battle between Left and Right Wing students at Rome University results in many injuries. Control is only regained after the somewhat tardy appearance of the Carabinieri and Police. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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COSH CALLS COPS
A shop-full of valuable goods is a natural magnet for the criminal, and, with crime on the increase, new methods to beat the burglar must be devised. These pictures show one: here is what appears to be an ordinary truncheon for...
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STRIKERS CLASH
There was a bit of a flare-up in London. It all started with an orderly demonstration against what the strikers said was black labour. When some of the demonstrators got into the office of the paper concerned, things began to happen....
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PRISON FIRE
At Nashville, Tennessee, convicts had set the prison on fire to demonstrate sympathy for 20 men on a hunger strike during solitary confinement. A guard fell to his death and a woman prisoner committed suicide, all the others escaped the...
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KATANGA BATTLE
Retaliation in Katanga after Congolese mutineers had opened fire on Belgian troops. The rebels were hiding out in Katanga which had announced its independence from the rest of the Congo. 4 days were spent trying to persuade the Congolese...
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U-2 TRIAL
It was the Hall of Columns in Moscow, where Francis Gary Powers, pilot of the American ""U2"" spy-plane, shot down over Russia, faced the judges with composure. Gary's wife and parents were in court for most of the time. The sentence: 10...
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THE SIEGE OF SYDNEY
After eight days in which his gunpoint siege made world headlines, Wally Mellish gives up. For the girl who spent that terrifying vigil with him - and who was forced to marry him on pain of death - safety at last. Disclaimer: British...
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TOWARDS THE 25th
The Joy Strings - the Salvation Army's Pop Group - mix a giant Christmas Pudding for the residents of their London Hostels. Up in Scotland, another ingredient of a Happy Christmas is being closely guarded at a distillery - by Geese! The...