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RAF GOES ""OVER THE TOP""
Members of the RAF's Mountain Rescue Team are at the Avon Gorge in Bristol. The rescue team is from St. Athan in Glamorgan. One of six teams in various parts of the country in a state of ""round the clock"" readiness for an emergency....
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OPERATION FOR DUKE OF WINDSOR
While in America the Duke of Windsor announced that he was to enter a hospital in Texas for examination and possibly an operation. The Duke is believed to be suffering from an aneurism - a weakness in an artery. The Duke celebrated his...
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MALTA - ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS AND MEMORIAL UNVEILING
Malta's fine new General Hospital, St. Luke's built since the war, has received a visit from Princess Elizabeth. At another recent engagement, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Princess unveiled the War Memorial. Disclaimer:...
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THE MASSACRE OF STANLEYVILLE
Survivors of the Stanleyville massacre arrive at Leopoldville. More than a thousand of them had been held as hostages in the rebel strong-hold. Mr Tshombe, Congolese Prime Minister, confidently announced their imminent release shortly...
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FLASHPOINT CYPRUS
The latest flare-up is the most serious development in all the years of strife and conflict. It could have had repercussions on a world scale. Pictures show damage caused by Turkish air attacks on villages on the North West coast. We can...
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WOUNDED FROM MALAYA
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MR POTTER'S AID TO THE LIMBLESS
Thomas Potter, the inventor who is paralysed in the legs demonstrates his invalid chair and how to drive a car. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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ROYAL BABY SETS BRITAIN REJOICING
New joy has come to the Royal Family in the birth to Princess Elizabeth of her first daughter. A salute of guns in Hyde Park and at the Tower of London followed the announcement of the birth, which, by tradition, is posted by the Home...
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CANCER - CURE OR FAKE?
Mr RJ Williams of New South Wales, claims to have found a new cure for cancer. But although Mr Barry Zeitch is absolutely positive, that it cured his cancer of the liver, doctors are still a little sceptical. Many other people are...
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KOREA - AMPHIBIOUS FORCE LANDS
The first American amphibious operation since World War Two was commanded during the sea voyage by Rear Admiral Doyle, seen here with Major General Gray, who was to lead the troops on land. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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THE HEIGHT OF ENDEAVOUR
A party of sportsmen and women are in Austria to test the body's reaction to exercise at high altitudes. They are preparing for the Olympic Games in Mexico City in three years time. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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CAR AND DRIVER IGNITE
Small cars provided big thrills at Norwood, Massachusetts, where an enlarged 16mm film of one of the most spectacular crashes was taken. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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8,000 MILES - BY BUS!
At Catterick in Yorkshire, the leaders of 250 British and overseas students are spending six days with the RAF regiment for final preparation before the start of an eight thousand mile drive to India. The scheme was thought up by India's...
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EE-AYE-ADDIO - THE CUP'S BACK HOME!
Ron Yeats, Liverpool's captain, leads his triumphant eleven through the streets of Liverpool, as they return home with the cup. A civic reception, held by the Mayor was given in their honour. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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THE QUEEN VISITS RED CROSS HEADQUARTERS
There was a Guard of Honour of nurses, when the Queen (who was received by Lord Woolton, Chairman) visited the British Red Cross Society's HQ in London. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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TRAILER: ""NATIONAL SERVICE HOSPITAL RESERVE""
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TRAILER: ""NOTHING IN THE BOTTLE""
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NOBEL WINNERS
Among the winners of this year's Nobel Prizes, Senor Miguel Asturias from Guatemala, winner of the Prize for Literature. One of the three who share the prize for Medicine, American Professor Haldan Hartline. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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TOO HOT ON THE RIVIERA
Firemen from all over South East France were joined by thousands of troops and gendarmes to fight the blaze in the French Riviera. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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WOUNDED FROM KOREA
At Lyneham (an RAF station in Wiltshire) the first wounded to be flown back from Korea have arrived, men of the Middlesex and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - also four soldiers wounded in Malaya. Meanwhile, at an airport near...
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PLANE CRASH - FORTY ONE DIE
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CANADA'S WORST FLOODS CONTINUE
Winnipeg's hospital cases provide one of the most difficult problems in Canada's colossal flood. Over a third of Winnipeg's population had left by the middle of May and the flood still continued. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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TRANSPLANT - BRITAIN'S FIRST
Led by Mr Donald Ross, the Transplant Team at London's National Heart Hospital succeed in transplanting a heart to save the life of Mr Frederick West. Without doubt, a superlative achievement of surgery, but we still have to satisfy...
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TRANSPLANT FAILS
Europe's first heart transplant operation is performed in Paris, but, after just over two days, the patient dies. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...