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CAPTAIN COOK EXHIBITION
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of Captain Cook, an exhibition has been mounted at the Museum of Mankind in Bloomsbury. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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Samoan Damsels
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NEW PRESIDENT VISITS FRENCH OUTPOST
President Auriol visits the territories of French Guinea on the West African coast. 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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RHODESIA'S ROYAL VISITORS
The Royal Tour of Rhodesia included a visit to the grave of Cecil Rhodes and a look at the Victoria Falls. The Royal Party also crossed the Zambesi River to visit the British Protectorate of Barotseland. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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PRESIDENT IN PARADISE
President de Gaulle visits Tahiti before seeing French Atomic Test. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical...
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ITALIAN SOMALILAND HANDED BACK
After ten years of British Administration in what was formerly Italian Somaliland, the Union Jack has been hauled down. In the capital, Mogadishu, a military ceremony marked the handing back of the territory to the Italians who are to...
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SERETSE BACK IN BECHUANALAND
Seretse Khama has arrived back in Bechuanaland, though banned from his tribal territory, he landed at Gaberones and was greeted by a number of headmen and tribesmen. Meanwhile, at Mahalapye, Ruth Khama waited to greet Seretse in vain....
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NATIVE CHIEFS IGNORE HIGH COMMISSIONER
While Seretse Khama was in London, Sir Evelyn Baring, the British High Commissioner, has travelled a thousand miles to Serowe to explain the British Government's decision - but the meeting was boycotted by the chiefs. Disclaimer: British...
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MOROCCAN SCENE
The official opening of the great barrage at Bin El Ouidane was a most important event for Morocco, in view of the power to be supplied for the hydro-electric scheme. Meanwhile, a party of women from Morocco were on an escorted visit to...
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ROYAL CONGO TOUR
King Baudouin of the Belgians, continuing his extensive tour of the Congo, received a Royal welcome everywhere he went. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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CONGO CELEBRATIONS
During his trip on the River Congo, during his tour of the African Colony, King Baudouin witnessed a sort of regatta, given in his honour. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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THE QUEEN AMONG HER PEOPLE
Government House, Kaduna and the Queen holds an investiture, she honoured Emir Alahji Haruna with the OBE and on the Sultan of Sokoto, she bestowed the accolade of Knighthood. The Durbar held that morning, began with a march past, by...
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""OPERATION BUFFALO""
Maralinga Test Range in the stark-wide open spaces of South Australia. ""Operation Buffalo"" involved setting up a village for servicemen taking part. And the team of scientists was headed by Sir William Penney who went to supervise and...
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THE DUKE IN GAMBIA
Calling at Gambia towards the end of his round the world tour, the Duke visited many villages and was warmly greeted everywhere. The people said it with music and they said it with dancing, expressing their pleasure in no uncertain...
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GALA DAY IN KASEMBE
School-children had a day off in Kasembe village (in the Kawambwa district of Northern Rhodesia); the occasion was the installation as new tribal chieftain of a ruler with the attractive name of Brown Ngombe. Disclaimer: British...
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SERETSE KHAMA COMES TO ENGLAND ALONE
The story of Seretse Khama and the Bamangwatos of Bechuanaland has been well in the news again, he went to Francistown Airport en route to Southampton where he arrived by BOAC flying boat. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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RHODESIA'S ROYAL VISITORS
The Royal Tour of Rhodesia included a visit to the grave of Cecil Rhodes and a look at the Victoria Falls. The Royal Party also crossed the Zambesi River to visit the British Protectorate of Barotseland. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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PORT ELIZABETH GREETS ITS ROYAL NAMESAKES
It was a great day for the town of Port Elizabeth when the Royal Family visited. A rally of 18,000 school children in St. George's Park greeted the King, Queen and two Princesses. There was also a Garden Party with about 4,000 guests....
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RHODESIA'S ROYAL VISITORS
The Royal Tour of Rhodesia included a visit to the grave of Cecil Rhodes and a look at the Victoria Falls. The Royal Party also crossed the Zambesi River to visit the British Protectorate of Barotseland. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
Bridgeman Arts
Hawaii, 1952: Temperate climate enables visitors and residents of Hawaii to go surfing at any time of the year
Hawaii, 1952: Temperate climate enables visitors and residents of Hawaii to go surfing at any time of the year.
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Women, Babies, and Children in the Streets of 1900s New York
Women, Babies, and Children in the Streets of 1900s New York
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MODERN FARMING METHODS HELP NATIVES
Experiment in New Guinea; at a place called Nondugl in the highlands, natives are being taught the art of sheep-farming by the white experts from Australia. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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Native American dance. New Mexico c.1950.
Clip 8 from the film 'The American Scene: Indian Life in Mexico' c.1950. Native Americans perform a traditional tribal dance. Women cradle a baby inside their home. Scenes of the canyon and the desert.
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Greenland expedition, 1934, by French explorers - eskimos make canoe covers from seal skin
Children playing in water. Woman sewing skin, man using it to cover the structure of canoe. Women working on canoe, children looking.