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  1. Stella Willins - Fastest Typist

    Date released
    9 Apr 1931
    Series name
    Gaumont Sound News
    Issue no
    138
    NoS ID
    379995

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  2. What Does Her Union Say about It

    Date released
    11 Jan 1926
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    750-2
    NoS ID
    130351

    Champion typist in the USA.

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  3. Opening Scenes in the ‘Crumbles’ Murder Trial

    Date released
    16 Dec 1920
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    486-1
    NoS ID
    127938
    Story no
    2 / 3

    [SUBTITLE]: "Irene Munro the murdered London typist. "Arrival of Mr Justice Avory, the Judge". "The Prisoners - Field and Gray". "Peggy Finlay and Dorothy Ducker, Barmaids at the Albemarle". "Stoker...

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  4. The Channel Wins Again

    Date released
    30 Aug 1926
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1324; Super Issue No.: 26/69
    NoS ID
    085335
    Story no
    3 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Miss Mercedes Gleitze, the young London typist, makes sixth attempt, but gives up.

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  5. Lady Typist, Attention

    Date released
    6 Aug 1934
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    359
    NoS ID
    033390
    Story no
    4 / 6

    New Japanese machine has 3,000 keys - and then some. English girls only tap forty-eight, and still think they’re overworked.

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  6. Girl Typist Leaves Desk, Tames Lions!

    Date released
    30 Aug 1948
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1826
    NoS ID
    041219
    Story no
    8 / 8

    Twenty-six year old English girl now in South Africa has big success as wild animal trainer.

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  7. Fatal Fire in London

    Date released
    29 Jun 1939
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    39/52
    NoS ID
    097232
    Story no
    3 / 13
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Fire breaks out in a block of offices in Queen Victoria Street, and as a great crowd gathers few realise that a typist is trapped in the flames and is burnt to death.

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  8. Typist’s Treat

    Date released
    27 Feb 1969
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    740
    NoS ID
    122076
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: A firm at Walton-on-Thames decided to give their staff something pleasant to look at from the windows. So they’ve installed a penguin pool - and chucked in a few flamingoes for good measure.

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  9. Weston Chooses Beauty Queen

    Date released
    4 Aug 1952
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2236
    NoS ID
    043844
    Story no
    7 / 7

    Seventeen year old Bristol typist wins competition for Modern Venus. Old Mother Riley presents prizes. Joinville Popular bathing resort on River Marne, weekend distance from Paris, is crowded with Parisians...

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  10. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Speed-On a Typewriter

    Date released
    3 Jul 1941
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    630A
    NoS ID
    011777
    Story no
    6 / 12

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Typing Contest. DESCRIPTION: In Chicago a competition to find the fastest typist. SHOTLIST: Various shots including uniformed entrants and a comedy shot. The winner is Margaret Theresa...

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