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Towing a Drone Plane by Winch and Line

Date released

21 Jan 1937

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

320

NoS ID

055669

Extras

1 film clip

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Flying Timber

Date released

5 Jun 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1983

NoS ID

026914

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flying Timber. DESCRIPTION: A British company is developing a new technique to help the Lumbermen of Canada - a balloon to fly the timber from the forests. SHOTLIST: MS balloon filled...

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Channel Tunnel Research

Date released

16 Apr 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1558A

NoS ID

022971

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Channel Tunnel Research. DESCRIPTION: A tunnel under the sea between France and Britain has long been some people’s dream. Now, more research is being undertaken. Boreholes are being...

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Pilots Ride Aboard

Date released

24 Oct 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1951

NoS ID

026634

Story no

2 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pilot Rides Aboard. DESCRIPTION: New idea saves hazard and hard work for pilots boarding ships at sea. SHOTLIST: MLS man walks to new rope ladder. CU man climbs first section of ladder....

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Skyhook

Date released

26 Dec 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2064A

NoS ID

027688

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Skyhook. DESCRIPTION: The Fulton Skyhook, a dramatic method of rescuing aircraft crews marooned behind enemy lines or in otherwise inaccessible places, is demonstrated in South Vietnam....

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Farming Show Provokes World Interest

Date released

11 Jul 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1936

NoS ID

026503

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Farming Show Provokes World Interest. DESCRIPTION: Royal Show presents finest in livestock and machinery, and recalls traditional skills that link the yeoman age with the...

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Great Engineering Feat. Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons Launch a One Piece Concrete Girder Weighing 50 Tons Across the Regents Canal

Date released

6 Sep 1920

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

987

NoS ID

078059

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Girder; workman attending to winch; girder being manoeuvred into position; in position across canal. London.

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World’s Second Largest Flagpole Erected

Date released

20 Oct 1919

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

608

NoS ID

081150

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

SHOTLIST: 1. MS workman adjusting hawsers. [11 ft] 2. MS men turning winch. [5 ft] 3. LS flagpole slowly going up. [16 ft] 4. LS flagpole moving. [18 ft]

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Hockley Flood Disaster. Hockley Brook Overflows. Houses Collapse and Cause Loss of Life

Date released

19 Aug 1920

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

982

NoS ID

078036

Story no

4 / 6

Warwickshire. Hockley Flood disaster. Settee lowered out of window of house; crowd looking on; cupboard taken to window; man turns winch; flood damaged tenement houses.

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Britannia’s Refit

Date released

4 Feb 1935

Series name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue no

296A

NoS ID

001959

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britannia’s Refit. DESCRIPTION: At Gosport the King’s Racing Cutter undergoes a refit. SHOTLIST: Shots of the hull of the yacht. Shots of the yacht being hauled along by turning a...

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