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EARL ATTLEE
A tribute to the former leader of the Labour Party, Prime Minister from 1945-to-1951, who has died at the age of eighty-four. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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SOVIETS ON SHOW
This exhibition steals the thunder from all the others. Russia's largest overseas Trade Promotion this year, it shows that the Soviets are determined to use their technological achievements - their ""Space Spectaculars"" - to win markets...
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GYM INTERNATIONAL
British and Russian Gymnasts show excellent style in an international event in Leningrad. 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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COUNTER PROTEST
In Vienna, Hungarian refugees protested against the execution of Imre Nagy, Premier during the Hungarian up-rising. And in Moscow, a demonstration took place to counter the world-wide protests against the execution. They marched to the...
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RACING AT SILVERSTONE
The racing at Silverstone drew even more people than there were at the Cup Final. Mr Afanassiev, Russia's man-in-charge, was there. Peter Taylor had a lucky escape: his Riley Saloon somersaulted, at 80 miles an hour. The Duke of Kent was...
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SOVIET SPLIT
Significant news from Russia tells the story of a violent split among the leaders of the Party. Dismissed from the Praesidium, Mr Molotov is reported to be under arrest. Mr Malenkov also received the full treatment, and Mr Shepilov is...
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THE GENEVA CONFERENCE
In Geneva, at the Palais des Nations, delegates of the Eastern and Western countries arrive for the opening sessions of the Asiatic Conference. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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RUSSIA V. CHINA
The demonstrators by Muscovites against the Chinese Embassy reflect a flashpoint situation between the two countries following the confrontation across the Ussuri River - even threats of nuclear retaliation. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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USSR HARD PRESSED -
The Germans, maintaining heavy pressure against the Soviet, have won successes in the North and South. In the central sector, Soviet troops under Marshal Timoshenko have counter-attacked around Smolensk. Disclaimer: British Movietone is...
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JAPAN SAYS
It was many years ago that the Japanese, marching into Manchuria and into China, began what they thought would be the conquest of Asia and then of the whole world. Then came the attack on Pearl Harbour and America's entry into the war....
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THROUGH GERMAN EYES -
More captured German newsreel of the advance on the Russian front. The Germans were trying to capture oil wells in the Caucasus but arrived to find that the Russians had fired them. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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THE HUN AT WAR
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The British Newsreel Association in co-operation with the Ministry of Information...
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ATTLEE & BEVIN IN POTSDAM
Within 48 hours of his election victory Mr Attlee was on his way to Berlin, accompanied by the new Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. They were continuing the work begun by Mr Churchill at the Three Powers Conference at Potsdam. Disclaimer:...
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CAN970 SOVIET COSMONAUGHT LYING IN STATE
The Soviet public queue up to pay their respects to Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov who is lying in state after dying on his second flight Soyuz 1 when the spacecraft crashed on re-entry. Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny...
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SYND 23/07/73 USSR MINSK ATHLETICS MEETING, USSR BEAT USA
USSR team beat the USA in an athletics meeting in Minsk
1. ws the teams lineup before the crowd
2. mcu US and USSR flags
3. ws large crowd of spectators
4. vs running race on track, the crowd
5. ws sprint race on track won by...
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CAN795 DE GAULLE ENTERS INTO FRANK DISCUSSIONS WITH SOVIET LEADERS
President Charles de Gaulle plunged into frank talks about European problems with soviet leaders on the first full day of his 12-day state visit to the Soviet Union. Later he addressed a crowd of more than 3,000 from a balcony of...
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LIB 23-12-72 WORLD COMMUNIST CONFERENCE CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF USSR
The Communist Party Conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of the formation of the USSR. Speakers include Fidel Castro and Madame Nguyen Thi Binh.
1. ms of Lenin bust with pull out to show conference
2. ws of President Nikolai...
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Putin marks 60th anniversary of start of Great Patriotic War
1. Eternal flame
2. Wide of soldiers marching
3. Soldiers standing to attention
4. Procession including Russian President Vladimir Putin
5. Press
6. Procession going up steps to tomb
7. Soldiers lay wreath at tomb
8. Putin as he...
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SYND 24 5 77 FILE FILM ON EX-PRESIDENT PODGORNY'S RETURN FROM AFRICA
File film of the arrival back in Moscow in April of President Nikolai Podgorny (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet) of The Soviet Union from an African visit. Podgorny was removed on Tuesday (May24) from the Soviet Communist...
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SYND 16-3-70 BIGGEST SOVIET MILITARY MANOEUVRES CLOSE TO WESTERN FRONTIER
Biggest Soviet military manoeuvres for more than two years close to western frontier
1) various paratroopers dropped, landing on snow covered ground
2) ms paratrooper unbuckles chute
3) ms planes drop more paratroopers
4) various troops...
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SYND 4 8 76 INTERCOSMOS 16 SATELLITE TAKES OFF FROM KAPUSTIN YAR LAUNCH SITE
A joint venture involving scientists and experts from the USSR, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Sweden has led to the assembly of a new internationl satellite - the Intercosmos-16. The satellite is launched from the Russian Kapustin Yar...
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SYND 14/6/70 BREZHNEV ADDRESSES VOTERS AT AN ELECTION MEETING IN THE KREMLIN
Soviet President, Leonid Brezhnev addresses voters at an election meeting in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses
1) image of Lenin on wall of hall
2) Leonid Brezhnev and officials enter hall and take their place on dias
3) audience...
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SYND 17 7 76 BREZHNEV SIGNS NEW STOCKHOLM APPEAL
A New Stockholm Appeal has been launched in the Soviet Union, in the hopes of paving the way towards ending the arms race. It has been signed by the Soviet cabinet, including Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.
1. ws Russian cabinet enter...