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  1. Mechanical Hop Picker Menaces 20,000 "Holidays"

    Date released
    20 Sep 1937
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    685
    NoS ID
    035448
    Story no
    7 / 8
    Extras
    1 shot list

    New machine first in country, does work in fraction of time at fraction of cost.

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  2. Plastic Planes

    Date released
    15 Jul 1940
    Series name
    Pathetone Weekly
    Issue no
    537
    NoS ID
    124553
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Out in California they’re enjoying experimenting with a new plastic plane, and it’s claimed that the machines can be mass-produced in a fraction of the time.

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  3. Major Segrave Wins Again

    Date released
    16 Sep 1929
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1643; Super Issue No.: 29/75
    NoS ID
    087872
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Famous racing motorist wins [beats?] Crown Prince of Italy and Count Volpi Cups and came within a fraction of making world’s record.

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  4. Skating at 30 Miles an Hour!

    Date released
    23 Feb 1927
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1375; Super Issue No.: 27/16
    NoS ID
    085755
    Story no
    3 / 11
    Extras
    1 film clip

    C Jewstraw covers 440 yards in 37 1/5 seconds but fails by fraction of second to set new world’s record.

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  5. Potato Planter

    Date released
    17 Mar 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/23
    NoS ID
    113005
    Story no
    3 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The back-breaking business of planting potatoes has had a lot of the creak taken out of it in recent years by machines. But a new mechanised spud sinker does the job in a fraction of the time and with far...

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  6. Motor Cycle Grand Prix

    Date released
    15 Aug 1963
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    63/66
    NoS ID
    110797
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    World champion Mike Hailwood wins at tiny fraction under 100 mph.

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  7. League Cup Final

    Date released
    7 Mar 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/20
    NoS ID
    112989
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Leeds v Arsenal - the final of the League Cup. Leeds took the trophy home at the end of 90 minutes of scrappy football. They’d won by 1-0, but should that goal have been allowed? Pathe News cameras show in...

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  8. Airgraph Letters

    Date released
    5 May 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/36
    NoS ID
    098748
    Story no
    1 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    In an effort to speed up delivery of letters the Post Office introduces Airgraph letters. The letter is photographed onto a small film thus reducing it to a fraction of its original size. Over four thousand...

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  9. Knife-Thrower Does William Tell Act

    Date released
    5 Oct 1933
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    226A
    NoS ID
    004413
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Knife-Thrower Does William Tell Act. DESCRIPTION: Expert with dagger and axe succeeds in missing girl’s head by fraction at Los Angeles. SHOTLIST: Shot of girl standing at board and...

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  10. Knife-Thrower Does William Tell Act

    Date released
    2 Oct 1933
    Series name
    British Movietone Gazette
    Issue no
    226A
    NoS ID
    001371
    Story no
    1 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Knife-Thrower Does William Tell Act. DESCRIPTION: Expert with dagger and axe succeeds in missing girl’s head by fraction at Los Angeles. SHOTLIST: Shot of girl standing at board and...

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