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Pacific: Preparations on Christmas Island

Date released

17 Dec 1956

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2395

NoS ID

073827

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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French H-Bomb

Date released

2 Sep 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2048

NoS ID

027527

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French H-Bomb. DESCRIPTION: The island of Fangataufa site for the Test of France’s first H-Bomb. An explosion equal to three millions tons of TNT makes France the 5th H-Bomb power in...

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Listening to the Moon Men

Date released

27 Jun 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1934

NoS ID

026482

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Listening to the Moon Men. DESCRIPTION: A British Tracking Station soon to be erected on Ascension Island may well be the first vital link between Man and the Moon. SHOTLIST: Key Scene....

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Along Australia’s Barrier Reef

Date released

7 Apr 1932

Series name

Pathe Sound Pictorial

Issue no

731

NoS ID

114185

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

This most famous of coral reefs, skirts the north-eastern coast of the great island Continent for 1,000 miles. Built by tiny marine organisms, its origin remains shrouded in mystery.

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Weekend Submariners

Date released

6 Oct 1955

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

55/80

NoS ID

106695

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Midget submarine for sportsmen and scientists tried out in California.

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Britain Tracks the Moon Men

Date released

20 Dec 1965

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1907

NoS ID

026264

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain Tracks the Moon Men. DESCRIPTION: Gemini Seven blasts off and two American astronauts are on man’s longest ever flight in space. On Ascension Island, a small British...

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Ike Visits Sub

Date released

1 Aug 1960

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1626

NoS ID

023711

Story no

4 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ike Visits Sub. DESCRIPTION: America’s Atomic Submarine, Patrick Henry, anchored near Newport, Rhode Island, for a visit by President Eisenhower. After he inspected the sub, he went...

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The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Soviet Saga of Polar heroism

Date released

3 Mar 1938

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

456A

NoS ID

008566

Story no

1 / 15

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russian Expedition to the Arctic. SHOTLIST: General views of Russian pioneers with planes on Rudolf Island and at the pole. Departure of aviators and blizzard. Aerial shots over snow...

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Science against the History Books

Date released

23 Nov 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1851

NoS ID

025762

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Science Against the History Books. DESCRIPTION: In October, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte was a prisoner on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic. He died there on the 5th of May...

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Afloat in the Arctic

Date released

21 Jan 1960

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1598A

NoS ID

023425

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Afloat in the Arctic. DESCRIPTION: Ice Floe Charlie is an Air Force weather station on an iceberg, and preparations to abandon it were being made. The island of ice was breaking up....

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