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FRANCE ""FOULS THE BED""
De Gaulle says ""No to fouling the Bed"" - But that descriptive phrase sums up the chaotic situation in France, with millions on strike and the whole structure of the economy in danger of collapse. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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INSIDE
Movietone visits three of Britain's Top Security Prisons - Durham, Parkhurst and Leicester - to bring you rare pictures from inside The Special Security Wings where some of our most dangerous criminals are held. Disclaimer: British...
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SAFE IN BRITAIN
Safe home after imprisonment in Yugoslavia, Philip Dobson, driver of the Student coach which crashed last year while he was at the wheel. ® Asylum in Britain could be the object of Danny the Red, the exiled French student leader. We...
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STUDENT FLARE-UP
Protesting at the attempted assassination of their leader, Rudi Dutschke, Left-wing students riot in West Germany's major cities. Violence is directed against the Publishing group of Axel Springer who claim this mob violence to be worst...
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WHAT FUTURE de GAULLE?
While rumours of President de Gaulle's retirement have been denied, it would be understandable if they were true. Movietone reviews the current critical situation - the reaction of the defiant workers who've rejected Union settlements...
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CANAL ZONE ROUND-UP
Following terrorist activities in the Canal Zone, British troops have been carrying out a number of searches in Egyptian villages. Their task was to look for weapons and for any so-called Egyptian ""Commandos"" who might be hiding there....
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America Welcomes End Of The Drought
Thirsty Los Angeles folk lend willing hands at dock with shipment of legal drink, and taste it. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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Freed Journalist Is Welcomed At Dover
Mr Noel Panter, recently imprisoned in Munich is glad to be home again on British soil. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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FATAL BUILDING COLLAPSE
In Barletta, South East Italy, a building crashed to the ground. It was day time, and most of the men were out at work. So most of the victims were women and children. At this moment, fifty bodies have already been found. The flats were...
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London - Stavisky jewels located.
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Rebel Leaders Are Captured In Havana
Renewal of hostilities in Cuba Civil War results in victory of loyalists after. 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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Reichstag Fire Trial Is Moved To Berlin
Court, transferred from Leipzig, opens on actual site of conflagration in restored building. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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BANK ON THE TELLY
The ledger room in this Barclay's Bank in London has gone on the telly. Monitoring screens have been installed, part of a closed circuit system. Requests are answered in the ledger room. Then, instead of having to send a messenger all...
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A TALE FROM VIENNA
The tale started with a torchlight procession: an Austrian student corporation, said to be holding fast to some form of Nazism as a political creed, celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Schiller with a parade. This birthday...
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PRINCE PHILIP AT THE YARD
At Scotland Yard, Prince Philip was received by Sir Joseph Simpson and was soon getting a close-up of work in the Information Room. His Royal Highness then went to the finger-print department where he left a record of his visit....
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HONOUR IS SATISFIED
The quarrel was over the performance of Serge Lifar's ballet, ""Black and White"", in Paris. The Marquis insisted on his interpretation: and Monsieur Lifar promptly challenged him to a duel. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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CYPRUS - SECURITY SEARCH
The Security Forces in Cyprus have been engaged in a full-scale search for terrorists, the most comprehensive sweep for over a year. But at such a time, the military machine also reveals its kindlier side: the promise of modern medicine...
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CYPRUS FLARE-UP
A curfew had been imposed in Nicosia, after four hours of rioting and arson in the Old City. Who started the trouble? The Turks say a Greek threw a bomb. Greek premises were attacked and smashed in the Turkish area, and several lives...
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""RED FLAG RUMPUS""
It is St. Pancras Town Hall, London. Mr Lawrence, the Socialist leader of the council went in early on May the First and hoisted the Red Flag. It was without the hammer and sickle, but, all the same, Britain has her Union Jack! Students...
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CYPRUS OUTRAGE
Scenes in Famagusta, where the shooting of the wives of two British servicemen took place. Mrs Cutliffe died at once and Mrs Robinson was gravely wounded. An intensive search for the murderers began at once. Later at Mrs Cutliffe's...
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CUBAN GRAND PRIX
World Champion Juan Fangio was kidnapped from his Havana Hotel. His team members told the police how Fangio was carried off at gun point by Cuban rebels who wanted to sabotage the race. He was only released after it was over - after the...
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CUBA IN TURMOIL
These pictures show scenes of turmoil in the capital Havana, as the climax of revolution was reached. The mob was out of hand. At-last, Dr Fidel Castro himself arrived. Time and again, he was held up by the crowds. He spoke to them of...
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REVOLT IN CUBA
Havana went wild as the news spread that Cuba's long struggle had ended with the flight of Batista and the triumph of Fidel Castro. Castro is on his way to Havana, and his troops will soon be there. Now is the moment to celebrate and...
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THE POPE VISITS A PRISON
Pope John paid a visit to the ""Queen of Heaven Gaol"", in Rome, on the day after Christmas. By this remarkable break with tradition, His Holiness made it clear that the malefactor is never forgotten by the Church. The men crowded round...