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21st FESTIVAL
The Festival City of Edinburgh, celebrates its 21st Festival of the Arts. But the Edinburgh Tattoo is the item that steals the spotlight. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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""WATTS"" FOR DINNER?
Meet Jerry Holmes in Sydney, who prefers electric light bulbs, cables and even swords for his dinner. Our cameraman accepted his invitation to dinner, but declined to share the meal! Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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BITING THE DUST - TO ORDER
Pictures from East Germany shot during the production of a Western, show how a Director manages to get horses to fall when wanted, without hurting the animals in any way. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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DANGERMAN'S LAST FLIGHT
Pictures show the tragic end to veteran stuntman Paul Mantz, as his makeshift aircraft plunged to destruction in the Arizona desert, as he and Bobby Rose were doubling for James Stewart and Richard Attenborough in a new picture. Paul...
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NEW ZEALAND AIR SHOW
Wellington, New Zealand, has a fine new airport, and its official opening was performed by the Governor General, Lord Cobham. The ceremony was followed by a flying display by jet aircraft, a ""Comet"" being one of the highlights. Royal...
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WALKING ON THE THAMES
The Navy in a rather bizarre action this time - walking on water. An officer takes a stroll under the Tower Bridge in specially designed 'water boots'. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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RED ARROWS DISPLAY
Show the results of hours of intensive training are the RAF's Display team, the Red Arrows. 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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MONKEY NURSERY
The Monkey Nursery at Sukhumi, a Soviet town on the Black Sea, is blessed with a sub tropical climate, ideal for rearing all sorts of monkeys and apes. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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Diving Off Brooklyn Bridge
Brave diver takes big header. Intrepid gentleman flings himself 155ft. from Brooklyn Bridge. 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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SWINGING CITY
Feature of a Youth Festival at St. Paul's Cathedral - a forty-foot Parachute Jump. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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BANDOLERO RIDES AGAIN
Tourists visit a Dude Ranch in France to see dramatic re-enactment of gun battle climax to ""Bandolero"" - the ""New kind of Western"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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EUROPEAN WATER SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS
Robin Beckett, Jack Fulton and Jeanette Stewart-Wood are featured in the Championships on a man-made lake in Middlesex - and Jeanette retains her Jumping Title, beating Sylvie Hulsemann, one of the world's ""Greats"". ® But, as well as...
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CIRCUS TIME
The thrills and skills of the sawdust ring. All the excitement, action and laughter of the Circus for your holiday entertainment. The Movietone camera team joins a Variety Club outing for handicapped children to Billy Smart's Circus on...
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MAN INTO ICICLE
Bob Jones of Atlantic City has himself encased in ice and sent to New York as a stunt. 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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Prodigies:
Bovine intelligence and human lunacy can go no higher. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and...
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Knife-Thrower Does William Tell Act
Expert with dagger and axe succeeds in missing girl's head by fraction at Los Angeles. 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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Airman Does Stunts With Dead Engine
Ernst Udet, noted German flier, defies fate in Berlin during his remarkable aerobatic display. 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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Upside Down Flyers Turn Record Over
Bircham's new mark is immediately lowered by ex-holder Falconi, in Los Angeles effort. 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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Mussolini reviews police & Count Vinci stays on.
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US Acrobat Risks Death For Stunt
Flying over Philadelphia, Earl Bach swings and sways on rope ladder thousands of feet up. 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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1937 RAF Pageant thrills at Hendon.
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Dry diving.
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WELL DONE, AIRCRAFT FACTORY WORKERS -
British aircraft workers carry on sterling work, here seen turning out 'Spitfires'. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
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THE 'DEFIANTS' -
The manufacture of the famous night-fighter the Defiant is continuing apace. Following recent call-ups, more and more girls are entering the aircraft factories. The first time 'Defiants' went into action they shot down some thirty-seven...