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Roving Camera Reports: Ascension Day and Princess Juliana in Holland

Date released

9 May 1940

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

662

NoS ID

060398

Story no

3 / 10

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Papal Ceremony Revived after 63 Years

Date released

1 Jun 1933

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

33/44

NoS ID

090649

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

His Holiness leaves the Vatican to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension and afterwards imparts his blessing on huge concourse.

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(Untitled record)

Date released

8 Feb 1970

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

70/12

NoS ID

114012

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Deacon Barry Knight, assistant curate at the Church of the Ascension, is a full-time police Sergeant - probably the first man in blue to wear the cloth, also.

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Public Launching

Date released

28 Nov 1957

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

57/96

NoS ID

107985

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

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

For the first time, the American public is taken behind the scenes at Cape Canaveral Missile Launching Base, Florida, to see the launching of a Snark missile along the 5,000 mile range of Ascension Island.

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Desalination Research

Date released

Sep 1968

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

32

NoS ID

324738

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: Desalination plant on Ascension Island and the flash distillation process developed by a research centre in Scotland.

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The Duke and Michael Parker

Date released

11 Feb 1957

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

57/13

NoS ID

107539

Story no

2 / 7

Extras

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

The Duke of Edinburgh’s tour ends on a sad note - the resignation of his private secretary, Lieutenant Commander Michael Parker.

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Lonely Isles Greet Duke

Date released

11 Feb 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1445

NoS ID

021491

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duke of Edinburgh’s Tour of South Atlantic Islands and Michael Parker Returned. DESCRIPTION: Britannia had sailed completely round the world when she took the Duke to the remote...

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News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Boundary - Beating the Tower

Date released

22 May 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

520

NoS ID

009986

Story no

4 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Beating the Bounds at the Tower. DESCRIPTION: The old ceremony of "Beating the Bounds" takes place on Ascension Day at the Tower of London. SHOTLIST: Under the shadow of the Tower and...

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Balloon Race

Date released

3 Oct 1968

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

719

NoS ID

122039

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Balloons for balloons’ sake are the order of the day at Heveningham Hall, Halesworth in Suffolk, where they’re blowing up for what they hope will be an astounding ascension - a balloon...

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Caribbean Journey

Date released

10 Feb 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1914A

NoS ID

026321

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Caribbean Journey. DESCRIPTION: British Guiana was the first stop on the Royal Caribbean Tour - A two day visit which began on the 14th anniversary of Her Majesties Ascension. One...

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