Ponies of the New Forest have survived the centuries, but today their future in the unfenced forest is threatened by the motor car. However the annual auction sales still prove their popularity and Hampshire is determined to preserve...

Pictures of the voting in the by-election at Kingston upon Hull North, which was won by Labour with over 5,000 more votes than the Conservatives. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...

Ireland kick off at Cardiff against Wales in the battle for the Triple Crown. The final score was fourteen to eight and Wales now have the Triple Crown and the championship. ® The Ladies Varsity Boat Race. Cambridge win by four...

At Andover, eighteen thousand baby chicks were hatched and packed, to be sent to a state poultry farm in Hungary, which will eventually be stocked with fifty four thousand British birds. The chicks leave Andover in air conditioned...

Bradford has a problem - a bulge in the number of children starting school. A prefabricated factory - finished classroom section is to be erected on previously built piers. They can be assembled in minutes by four men and a crane. Ten...

Pictures from Hatfield of the handing over ceremony of the 1st Hawker Siddeley Trident for export. It's the fastest airliner in the world, powered by three Rolls-Royce jets and it will carry eighty five passengers. Disclaimer: British...

Presented at Olympia by the Daily Mail, the Ideal Home Exhibition, in which four design teams offer new suggestions for modernising your living space. The Exhibition will be open until March 26th. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...

Pictures show some of the newest craft on show at the Boat Show at Earls Court. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...

The combined Austria/Germany ski-jumping tournament in Innsbruck. As well as Germany and Austria, seven other countries were represented. West Germany took third place, with Finland second, but it was an East German who took the...

Pictures show some of the interesting exhibits on show at the Boys and Girls Exhibition at Olympia. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...

The Egg Chicks are the Egg Marketing Board's big promotion to encourage everyone to eat more eggs. If people are visited by an Egg Chick and are eating eggs for breakfast they then receive a Premium Bond. Disclaimer: British Movietone...

Pictures show the Moulin Rouge in Montmartre, where they've built a glass-sided swimming pool that rises from below the stage. Girls dance an underwater ballet. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...

British Railways starts its new super fast electric service between London, Manchester and Liverpool. Our cameraman rides the 100 mile an hour train from London to Crewe. In contrast Mr Victor Martin, railways most avid fan has turned...

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French villages have been inundated by sudden heavy cloudbursts which overwhelmed streets and houses leaving a thick deposit of mud and rubble. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...

Britain is on the up and up. New and high buildings are shooting up all over the country. However, high buildings have their drawbacks, such as high winds and rain. The Building Research Station, at Watford near London, is approaching...

Forty students from all over the country will be spending the next three weeks driving a double-decker bus round the continent on a camping holiday. The organiser of the trip bought the bus for four hundred pounds. They hope to cover...

London's motorists can hoot their horns as Lord Morrison cuts the tape to the new one-way underpass between Waterloo Bridge and Kingsway. Because it was he who suggested the conversion of the old Kingsway Tramtunnel, to suit the modern...

In New South Wales a special laboratory has been set up to design flood mitigation works from Maitland to the sea. An accurate scale model of the territory has been constructed; and the idea is to guide flood-water to the ocean through...

The Windmill, one of the most famous theatres in the country, which has been spinning out non-stop revue for six days a week for the past thirty two years has at last closed. It used to be a cinema and will now re-open once again as...

If you've a concrete rink and special curling stones fitted with ball bearings you're all set for a game of roll curling. At present the only rink in Britain is at the Duke of Edinburgh a public house in Brixton. Disclaimer: British...

The aircraft carrier Eagle which was taken out of service to be modernised has been completely rebuilt. This rebuilding plan cost thirty one million pounds and took five years to complete. The nerve centre of Eagle is a complex system...

Our pictures show some of the highlights of the first day of the City of London Festival, including the Lord Mayor taking the salute as the crew and officers of HMS London march past. Their ship is berthed near Greenwich and visitors...

Two old age pensioners from Bath opened up their 5 room flat over a garage to the public, for one day only. Their first visitor was the Marquess of Bath who also keeps open house for the public. The proceeds will help to buy a holiday...