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CIRCUS TIME AGAIN
Once again the Circus has come to Olympia, among other 'Big Tops', and six thousand children fairly revelled in the pre-view performance. The next day, Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, attended a special...
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BREVITIES
In Austria, ingenious hazards were invented for the motor-cyclists taking part in the gymkhana. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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FLYER DIVES UNDER THAMES BRIDGES
The urge to fly under Thames bridges evidently proved too much for 61 year old Major Draper. Starting with Waterloo Bridge, he went on up the river all the way to Gunnersbury. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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CIRCUS TIME
The Queen attended a charity performance of the circus in London. Top clown Coco was there to offer Her Majesty a bouquet, and was then presented to Prince Philip and the Prince of Wales. Some of the young Prince's friends were there,...
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TACKLING TRAFFIC
Wardens - Like so many cities, Leicester has traffic and parking problems of its own. Now traffic wardens, 5 of them women (the first in Britain), are on the job, helping to sort things out. As you'd expect, courtesy is to be one of...
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THE GERMAN SCENE
POLICE DAY - West Berlin, where, in the famous Olympic Stadium, 100,000 spectators witness a display of skill and efficiency by the Police Force. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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Luton Airport Opening
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GOODWOOD - STIRLING'S CRASH
There was ""sky-diving"" as well as motor racing at Goodwood, and parachutes opened after a 30-second free fall, with most of the landings happy. Competitors for the Glover Trophy included top ranking motor racing stars Stirling Moss,...
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SEEING - SKIING
Miss Australia - Margaret Rohan - takes a river trip in London as part of a world tour. Back in Australia, how to get sore feet on water. Skiers compete for the 1967 Ski-Championships on Bare-feet! Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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DOWN UNDER NEWS
Ups and Downs in Australia - A dog that enjoys roof climbing - Girls who enjoy skin-diving to feed the sharks at Sydney's Marineland, and a new submarine for the Australian Navy - built in Britain. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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UNDERGROUND
The new Automatic Underground trains for the Victoria Line, about to go on trial. Going Underground in Kilburn, Mike Meaney, a gallant Irishman seeking a new world record for being buried alive! Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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Motor-bike madness.
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WELL DONE, MIKE!
Mike Meaney, who was buried alive sixty-one days ago, is resurrected and ""un-coffined"" in a Kilburn public house. His World Record is celebrated by Girl Pipers, thousands of fellow Irishmen and Diana Dors. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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RAF Golden Jubilee
To mark the fiftieth Anniversary of the Royal Air Force, the Queen attends a special Flying display at Abingdon, presenting a survey of some of the famous service aircraft of the past half century. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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French Stunt Flyer Vies With German
Thrilling aerobatic match at Villacoublay between Detroyat and Fieseler is adjudged a draw. 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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WIREWALKER CONQUERS THE THAMES
Charles Elleano, 40-year-old French wire-walker, crossed the Thames on a wire - a distance of over a thousand feet in twenty-five minutes. His trip from the Embankment to the South Bank was watched by thousands of Festival visitors....
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Melbourne - High-diving from bridge.
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Remscheid - The Human Cannon Ball
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SPORTS SHORTS
It's Aintree for the Grand National. But there, platforms over the motor racing track were being removed and the switch over from steeple-chasing to Aintree's other sport, was in full swing. On a lake in Austria, they've been holding a...
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HOLIDAY TRAVEL
For lots of people, a Bank Holiday means full steam ahead from one of the main-line termini. For others, London Airport was the first stepping stone to far off places. Coaches were busy playing their part in the holiday rush. Many folk...
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HIGH WIRE TRAGEDY
While filming a high wire act in Tasmania, Movietone cameraman captures moment of tragedy as sky-riding motor-cyclist plunges to death. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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BIG BIKE RECORD
Men of the Cheltenham Fire Brigade attempt the world record endurance test on a 22 man bicycle. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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EGGS-EPTIONAL!
Now, an important news flash from a chicken farm near Rome, where one of the feathered inhabitants recently caused quite a flutter: she laid black eggs! Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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WEDDING ON A WIRE
La Rochelle in France saw a wedding with a difference: the young couple are both stars of the tightrope. The groom is 19 year old Roland Schmidt and his bride Francine Pary. So they got married on the high wire. Monsieur Bergac performed...