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NEWS ITEMS FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS
Botha House on the Natal Coast of South Africa is prepared for the King's visit. 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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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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THANKSGIVING DAY -
America's Thanksgiving Day was with a Service in Westminster Abbey and a Parade through the streets of Plymouth. At an USAAF Base the men entertained two hundred local children with a Thanksgiving Day Party. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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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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RED ARROWS DISPLAY
Show the results of hours of intensive training are the RAF's Display team, the Red Arrows. 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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THE PRINCE IN THE ISLANDS
This was the first royal visit in the history of the Solomon Islands Protectorate. ""Britannia"" dropped anchor off Gizo Island after a nine-day voyage from Hong Kong. Prince Philip had enjoyed the crossing the Equator ceremonies and was...
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PRESIDENT OF IRELAND STATE VISIT TO FRANCE- COLOUR
The President of Ireland Cearbhall O'Dalaigh makes a state visit to France. 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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ROYAL SCOTTISH TOUR CONTINUED
Colour for the Argylls, Castle Ceremony, Murrayfield visit, Thistle Investiture and Lanark visit. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection...
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HM SUBMARINE ""ANDREW""
HM Submarine Andrew at anchor in the Pool of London. Though never firing in anger, her claim to fame was her Atlantic Crossing - the first Submarine to cross from Bermuda to England submerged. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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ADMIRAL SHERMAN'S TRAGIC PASSING
Admiral Sherman's sudden death from heart failure at the age of only 54 came as a great shock to friends and allies as well as to America. Seen in France, the United States Chief of Naval Operations was making an important tour of...
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RAF ANNIVERSARY REVIEW
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CONCORDE ® ® WORLD'S FIRST SUPERSONIC PASSENGER SERVICE- COLOUR
The age of the Supersonic Aircraft arrives, as the British and French Concordes go into regular service. ® ® Movietone travelled supersonic with Concorde on a proving flight to Gander in Newfoundland. A trip which left London at...
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JUNIOR MARITIME MUSEUM
Princess Anne opens the new Junior Maritime Museum at Greenwich. The centre is for young people interested in Maritime History. They can interpret their own impressions of what they have seen in the Museum. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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GERMAN NEWSREELS ON HITLER'S ESCAPE -
Pictures show the room in which the alleged attempt on Hitler's life was made. The bomb killed and wounded everybody except the Fuehrer. At Tannenberg Marshal Goering presided over the funeral of General Korten, Chief of Hitler's general...
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VAAGSO RAID - NO SOUND
The Commandos set out before first light, the object to capture the small defended island of Vaagso, off the Norwegian coast. The German garrison are taken by surprise and quickly over come on the island of Maaloy. Barges then cross the...
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SECOND BATTLE OF ARNHEM -
The battle of Arnhem and the important Rhine crossing there has been fought again - and won. Film taken under fire in Arnhem tells its own story of street fighting among blazing buildings - of house-to-house searches and of mopping up....
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BATTLE OF EGYPT - NO SOUND
The new defence position at El Alamein is being reinforced and General Auchinleck went up to the front to see for himself. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps works on disabled tanks to bring them back into service as seen as possible. Land...
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ANTI FASCIST FURY IN ROME -
The scenes in the court at the trial of Pietro Caruso and Donato Caretta were those of a lynch mob. Caretta was beaten and trampled to death and his body was thrown in the Tiber. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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PARIS UNDER THE CROOKED CROSS -
During the occupation of Paris, cameraman Gaston Madru, hid a camera in a bicycle basket surrounded it with bottles and took these pictures. They show the places of entertainment which were reserved for German soldiers and life in the...
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FORWARD IN NORMANDY -
In Caen the inhabitants were quickly finding out the many advantages of British occupation, American biscuits, French cheese and butter were being distributed. In Cherbourg French girls who had collaborated with the Germans had their...
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ROUND THE CLOCK RAIDS - NO SOUND
The Royal Air Force continue their 'round the clock' raids on targets in Germany and occupied Europe. Berlin and Cologne have both been recent targets, whilst factories, transport, shipping and docks have all been heavily hit....
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GOOD NEWS IN THE WEST -
Good news of the Allied advance through France is being received every day. Monty is seen in conference with Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, Air Marshals Broadhurst and Coningham and General Crerar (commanding the Canadian...
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GOOD NEWS IN THE WEST -
Good news of the Allied advance through France is being received every day. Monty is seen in conference with Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory, Air Marshals Broadhurst and Coningham and General Crerar (commanding the Canadian...