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SWAY OF BATTLE IN INDO-CHINA -
Paratroops have recently been very prominent in the fighting in Indo-China - a reconnaissance force was dropped ten miles South West of the air strip at Na Sam. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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HOLLAND'S VITAL OUTPOST -
Defence is being built up for the islands of the Dutch East Indies. The islands are of great strategic interest and also rich in material wealth, such as oil. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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Shanghai - Nanking.
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Japanese Cross Yellow River.
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Chinese Re-Occupy Great Wall Area
Armistice with Japanese permits troops to encamp at Mankuo, where they perform sword drill. 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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Mrs Pawley Is Set Free By Bandits
Enlarged from baby cine film, first pictures reach England of gallant girl bride on her release. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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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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Naval Conference is headline news.
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JAPAN ...? -
Under great secrecy Japan is building up her Navy, to what ends is the question. 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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An excerpt from a Soviet Documentary report on Vietnam
An excerpt from a Soviet Documentary report on Vietnam. A revealing example of the power of propaganda, the war as seen through the eyes of the other side.
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KOJE GUARDS SUBDUE REDS
The battle of the prison camps on Koje Island recently reached its climax, as Brigadier General Boatner sent in thousands of men of the 187th Airborne Regiment to deal with the Reds in compound 76. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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MALAYA - NO SOUND
Troops from Britain, Australia and India have been drafted in to defend Malaya. The over running of Malaya by the Japanese is a grievous blow, among the earliest disasters being the loss of Penang. Singapore, despite air raids is holding...
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The Synod of Bishops in Rome underlines the crisis of conscience in the Catholic Church and puts Papal Authority to the question. ® Crisis of a more physical kind in Tunisia where the recent floods le
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NAZIS BEHIND THE WIRE -
In the north of the United States German prisoners of war are well cared for under the terms of the Geneva Convention. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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BRITISH TROOPS STORM POLICE BARRACKS
British troops had waited in Ismailia, while orders were broadcast to Egyptian police to leave their headquarters and surrender. The Lancashire Fusiliers were the infantry engaged, supported by Armoured Cars and Centurion Tanks. When all...
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BRITISH TROOPS EXTEND CANAL ZONE CONTROL
The round-up of Egyptian police in the village of El Hamada was necessitated by police resistance to a search of this trouble spot - yet another outbreak of violence occurred, with attacks by Egyptian terrorists near the French convent....
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MR CHURCHILL ADDRESSES CONGRESS
The final highlight of Mr Churchill's visit to America was his address to a joint session of Congress in Washington. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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BERLIN TARGET PIN-POINTED -
Flying Fortresses of American 8th Air Force, bomb a ball-bearing factory in the Berlin suburb of Erkner. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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NEW GUINEA PROGRESS
Since the air attacks of the Japanese in 1942, Port Moresby has undergone considerable reconstruction and rebuilding. There has been political progress, too, under the successful trusteeship of Australia, the inauguration of a...
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U-BOAT HUNTERS KILL SIX -
Four sloops, the ""Starling"", ""Wild Goose"", ""Kite"" and ""Magpie"" return to Liverpool after routing a U-Boat pack in the North Atlantic. A fifth sloop, the ""Woodpecker"", was lost but all her crew were saved. The First Lord of the...
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FRENCH INDO-CHINA AND THAILAND SIGN TRUCE -
Onboard a Japanese cruiser at Saigon a truce was settled between Thailand and French Indo-China. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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LIBYA - ALL SERVICES CO-OPERATE IN CONSOLIDATION -
The Navy operates along the coast of Libya helping the men of the other services to consolidate gains. At the Eighth Army continues to push forward, the RAF too is busily engaged. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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LIBYAN CLEAN-UP
The historic record of the Eighth Army's sweep across the desert gives an ever-to-be-remembered impression of the great British victory. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either...
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ADVANCE US BOMBER STATION IN CHINA -
The 14th Air Force carry out an attack on Haiphong in what used to be French Indo-China. The planes then return to their base somewhere in China, where Chinese personnel form part of the ground crews. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...