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'Mystery Tower’ Ship Launched. Thousands of People Assembled to See the Concrete and Iron Monster Towed Out of Shoreham Harbour. The Building Cost was £1,250,000 and the Vessel will be used for Coastal Defence.

Date released

16 Sep 1920

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

990

NoS ID

078076

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

SHOTLIST: Concrete fortification on floating platform; towing away fortification; section of same; crowd; fortification.

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The Maginot Line: Myth and Reality - 14 Sept [1975-1986]

Sean Street talks to Anthony Kemp who explains the missunderstanding about the system of fortification during the Great War. This Line was an elaborate defensive barrier in Northeast France constructed in...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Palestine - With the Jewish Forces (Exclusive Pictures)

Date released

10 Jun 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

992A

NoS ID

015151

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Palestine - With the Jewish Forces. DESCRIPTION: The latest pictures from war torn Palestine. In districts occupied by Haganah, troops are continuously on the alert for counter-attack...

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Germany’s Western Defences - The Siegfried Line

Date released

14 Aug 1939

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

39/65

NoS ID

097366

Story no

3 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

Germany’s fantastic fortification known as the Siegfried Line - and her answer to France’s Maginot Line.

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The Tunisia Front

Date released

5 Apr 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/27

NoS ID

099914

Story no

2 / 2

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Prelude to the Battle of the Mareth Line. The 8th Army prepares for the advance. Petrol containers and ammunition boxes are loaded, NAAFI stores also. Royal Engineers remove mines from the path of advance...

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Horrors of Chemical Warfare

Date released

6 Dec 1951

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1174A

NoS ID

017496

Story no

5 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Horrors of Chemical Warfare. DESCRIPTION: At Fort Hood, Texas, a strongly-built pill-box holds out against a realistic attack during America’s First Armoured Division manoeuvres....

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Cologne

Date released

12 Mar 1945

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

823

NoS ID

013394

Story no

1 / 1

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cologne Captured. DESCRIPTION: Winston Churchill has visited Germany where he took a look at the Siegfried Line. The Allies have already swept past this line of fortification. The...

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