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VENUS PROBE
At Cape Canaveral, a Thor-Able three-stage rocket was about to launch ""Pioneer V"", a 90 pound satellite on a fantastic journey. Now to Jodrell Bank: it was Britain's giant radio telescope that triggered off the separation of the...
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ANTI SHARK DEVICE - MUTE
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POLIO BED -
Good news for victims of infantile paralysis comes from a Chicago Hospital, where a student nurse helps to demonstrate the new ""rocking bed"" treatment. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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EISENHOWER AND THE LEGION -
General Eisenhower goes to Madison Square Garden to address the American Legion Convention. 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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40 YEAR AFTER PROHIBITION
From Movietone Archives, sequences from the era of Prohibition. 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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DARE-DEVIL CAR ACT -
In the old fair grounds at Richmond, Virginia, a Danish dare-devil, Holger Rasini, has been performing a really hair-raising act. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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KANSAS FLOOD HAVOC
President Truman (whose home-town is only ten miles from Kansas City) has made a personal survey of the floods. The Devastation is spread far and wide over three States - Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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US ELECTION STORY
Eisenhower re-elected. 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 represent the opinions or...
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THIS BEAUTY BUSINESS
In Atlantic City the finalists parade for the title of ""Miss America 1954"". The winner was 19 year old Lee Ann Meriwether from San Francisco, who collected the equivalent of £17,857 in prizes. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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Tallest Building Has Face Washed
Cleaners work at dizzy heights to give windows of Empire State first scrubbing. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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Hoover Defends The Honour of Harding
President refutes slander on name of predecessor in dedicating memorial at Marion, Ohio. ® Sub.1. Ex-President Coolidge adds his tribute. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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Interview with Ex. Train Robber
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Always Good Sport at a Rodeo
Californian cowboys take some hard tumbles at Legion fete. 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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Violent storms tear an American naval cargo ship from her moorings and the drifting vessel crashes through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. One section of the bridge missing - the ship hardly damaged.
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KENNEDY PLEA FAILS
Senator Edward Kennedy pleads for clemency in the sentence of his brother Roberts' assassin. But the verdict is upheld and it is almost certain Sirhan Sirhan will face the gas chamber. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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OSCAR AWARDS:
Hollywood's big day of the year is the awarding of the coveted Oscars. Cliff Robertson is Best Actor, and Barbra Streisand and Katherine Hepburn share Best Actress. But star of the show is the British musical ""Oliver"", that received a...
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HOOVER'S FOOD FACTS FOR AMERICANS
Mr Hoover talks on his report on World Food conditions. 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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TRUMAN STILL PRESIDENT
President Truman, against the predications, defeats Thomas Dewey and remains in the White House. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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AVIATION - LIFE BOAT FROM THE AIR
Tests off Long Island of a lifeboat dropped by parachute. 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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CENTENARY OF CALIFORNIAN GOLD STRIKE
Descendants of the miners who discovered gold in California in 1848, reconstruct the methods they used. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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ZOO BABIES TAKE A BOW
At Milwaukee Zoo the new arrivals are on show, leopard and lion cubs. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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""SPIDER-WEBS"" COVER SURPLUS GUNS
In America they are covering surplus guns with a spray plastic to protect them from the elements. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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SHIRLEY AND HER SERGEANT HUSBAND
Shirley Temple marries Sergeant John Agar of the United States Army Air Force. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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US JET-PROPELLED MISSILE
Over California, the American are testing a jet-propelled missile, and directed by radar from the plane. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...