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PANTELLERIA - THE SURRENDER -
The Infantry Force approached the island under cover from the guns of warships. Once they had landed prisoners began to give themselves up and were glad to do so. The capture of Pantelleria means the route through the Mediterranean can...
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Sick Keeper Is Taken Off the Wolf Rock
SV ""Mermaid"" pays visit to lonely lighthouse off Cornwall in response to urgent SOS. 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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American Warships Drop Depth Charges
Destroyers flotilla goes out in heavy sea to deal with imaginary submarines off Californian Coast. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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HER MAJESTY'S BROADCAST -
Queen Elizabeth speaks to the women of the Empire and praises their roll in the war 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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DUTCH ROYAL FAMILY COME TO ENGLAND -
Princess Juliana, Prince Bernhard and their two daughters arrive in England. The following day Queen Wilhelmina also arrives. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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FRANCE'S WAR EFFORT: At Sea -
A Patrol boat sinks a Nazi U-boat in the North Sea. The French Fleet is being added to. 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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WRNS INSPECTED BY DUCHESS OF KENT -
HRH visits Plymouth and Devonport where she visited the Polish training ship ""Gydnia"". She also inspected the Civil Nursing Reserve and the WRNS. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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SCENES IN PALESTINE:
HMS Repulse In Haifa. Barbed Wire Fence On Syrian Border 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...
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The Review of the Year
Produced by: TF Scales Compiled by: SJ Wiggins 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 do not...
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INDIA'S WAR EFFORT -
The manpower of India is being harnessed to the war effort. Steel production as been increased and so are munitions. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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PAKISTAN DISPATCH
A concentration of 36 warships from UK, Pakistan, Iran and USA at a Pakistan port was the prelude to a large-scale allied naval exercise, called ""Midlink III"". One of the main objects of this exercise was to practise and perfect full...
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SIR FRANCIS
Sir Francis Chichester receives the Accolade of Knighthood from the Queen at a ceremony at Greenwich, recalling another ceremony, nearly four hundred years ago, at Deptford, when Sir Francis Drake was knighted. Today, at Madame...
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ROYAL TOUR - PROGRESS REPORT
Quebec, the capital of French Canada, and the Royal Yacht sailed into Wolfe's Cove to receive a salute of welcome. It was a cannonade which also, perhaps, recalled that historic victory won here by General de Wolfe in 1759. One...
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ROYAL VISIT TO DOCKS
So great is the Port of London's Dock system, that it took the Queen and the Prince the best part of a day to take a good look at it. A number of warehouses came in for royal inspection and London's cellars. Then, the Queen and her...
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THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW
A march-past at Guildhall, with the new Lord Mayor (Sir Leslie Boyce) taking the salute gave spectators a foretaste of this year's show. Sir Leslie, a former MP for Gloucester, is a native of New South Wales, and the first Australian to...
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FINAL TRIBUTE TO RM CADETS
In Rochester Cathedral, where the funeral service was held, two hundred relatives were among the three thousand congregation which included senior Naval Officers and other Service Chiefs. From the Cathedral, the coffins were taken...
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The biggest sailing ships in the world, the Russian barques "Sedov" and "Nadezhda" at port Varna, Bulgaria
- Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta 2014. The largest sailing ships in the world at Port Varna, Bulgaria
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A yacht sailing among the biggest sailing ships in the world at port Varna, Bulgaria
- Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta 2014. The largest sailing ships in the world at Port Varna, Bulgaria
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CRISIS IN IRAQ
The latest Middle East crisis has flared up in Iraq, a country that produces over thirty million tons of oil a year. In this picture, King Feisal is at Kirkuk, with his uncle, Crown Prince Abdul Illah. Early reports of their fate, given...
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THE PRINCESS IN SCOTLAND
One of Princess Margaret's engagements was at Glasgow Cathedral: the unveiling of stained glass windows in memory of officers and men of the Services in Scotland. The Princess then visited the submarine base at Care Loch and inspected...
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THE NAVY GETS THROUGH - NO SOUND
A convoy of the Royal and Merchant Navy's get much needed supplies through to Malta. There was fierce fighting with the enemy and the loss of four ships ""Eagle"", ""Manchester"", ""Cairo"" and ""Forsight"". Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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BRIDGEHEAD TO ROME -
The landings at Anzio caught the Germans napping having just moved troops up to the Cassino front. Salerno was the embarkation site and crafts of many sizes took the troops over to the landings. General Alexander was soon on the spot,...