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COMMUNISTS INVADE SOUTH KOREA
Following the attack on Southern Korea by the Russian dominated North Koreans, Mr Tehi Chang Yun, the South Korean Minister in London, made an early comment on the situation. In a swift, bold decision, the United States sea and air...
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KUWAIT - BORDER BUILD-UP
Kuwait, capital of the small Arab State, is the latest flash-point in the Middle East. The Seif Palace is the residence of the ruler of the country, Sheikh Sir Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah. He is now forced by the threat from Iraq to call...
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KING HUSSEIN AT BIGGIN HILL
During his recent visit to Biggin Hill Royal Air Force Station, King Hussein of Jordan flew in a Vampire Jet Trainer. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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KOREA - THE TIDE TURNS?
One of Movietone's cameramen flew with a recent mission carrying supplies to a United Nations battalion surrounded by the enemy. B29's bomb a North Korean war plant at Chinnampo. With the United Nations going over to the offensive,...
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WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL JET
Installed in a RAF Meteor 8 Interceptor Fighter are two of the new ""Sapphire"" jet engines - the most powerful ever designed. It was demonstrated by Squadron-Leader Jan Zurakowski. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical...
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KOREA
AIR BLITZ CHECKS REDS - Air power is beginning to exert its full influence in Korea. With a Superfortress raid goes a cameraman, photographing the plastering of the build-up of Communist forces for the assault on Taegu. It was the most...
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THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DISPLAY
Farnborough was the setting for the first RAF display since 1938. The King, Queen and Princess Margaret watched the aircraft displays. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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DARE-DEVIL 'CHUTE JUMPING'
At El Centro, California the US Naval Auxiliary Air Station puts on a great show. Breath-taking delayed jumps are made for some of the most thrilling motion pictures ever filmed. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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SERVICES ""AT HOME""
Pictures show the open day of the Royal Artillery at Larkhill. Also the open day of the Fleet Air Arm at Lee-on-Solent. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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CRANWELL - PASSING OUT PARADE
Cadets of the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell were inspected by General Gruenther, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. The occasion was the Passing-Out Parade. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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THE FALCON
The ""Falcon"", an air-to-air missile that never misses, was recently demonstrated in the United States. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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VOLUNTEER AIRMEN DISBAND
At Stretton, near Warrington in Lancashire, airmen of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve held their last parade. Meanwhile at Maidstone, Number 500 Squadron (County of Kent) Royal Auxiliary Air Force held its last parade, too, for they...
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PILOTS UNDER PRESSURE
The Royal Air Force of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough is the largest laboratory of its kind in Western Europe and the Commonwealth. It's task is to study the effects of flight conditions on air crews; what factors impair their...
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PASSING-OUT PARADE
This year, it was Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor, Chief of the Air Staff, who took the Sovereign's Parade at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
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HONG KONG BRITISH AGAIN
The last of the major Japanese surrenders was signed at Hong Kong on the sixteenth of September. Not before some Japanese resistance had been overcome and prisoners rounded up. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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DEATH VALLEY BREAK-OUT
Ammunition, food and supplies of all kinds had to be assembled and flown out to Korea before the trapped Marines could break out from what has been described as ""Death Valley"". The food and ammunition was accurately dropped to them in...
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JAPAN'S FINAL FADE OUT
At Okinawa on the eve of the Japanese surrender hundreds of transport planes were waiting to take troops to begin the occupation. General MacArthur landed at Atsugi and later board the 'Missouri' where he was greeted by Admiral Nimitz....
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THE AMERICAN SCENE - USS FORRESTAL
At Newport Mews, Virginia, the 60,000 ton American aircraft carrier ""Forrestal"" was launched. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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RAF BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Commemorating the Battle of Britain, at Biggin Hill, a demonstration of Britain's Air Power, led by one of the few. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata...
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FRENCH INDO-CHINA CRISIS
M Letourneau and General Juin are seen shortly after their arrival in Saigon. Near Hanoi, heavily-equipped paratroops reinforcing hard-pressed French and Vietnamese forces. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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PRINCESS ELIZABETH AT CRANWELL
Princess Elizabeth recently paid her first visit to the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell - for the Graduation Parade. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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FREE AND HOME AGAIN
Hainan - Pictures taken in the prison on the island of Hainan show the distressing state of Allied prisoners of war. Many are too ill to come home yet and are being nursed back to health in hospitals. ® Singapore - Lord and Lady Louis...
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US military B-52s drop bombs during the Battle of Monte Cassino.
US military B-52s drop bombs during the Battle of Monte Cassino.
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On Board The USS Eisenhower
CLEAN: Exterior nightvision shots US Navy flight deck crew working flight deck of US Navy, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier as fighter planes land move to hangars. on October 11, 2012 in The Arabian Sea.