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  1. Operation Pluto

    Date released
    24 May 1945
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    45/42
    NoS ID
    100710
    Story no
    1 / 2
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    The construction and laying of submarine petrol pipeline under the English Channel which fed fuel through from England to Germany.

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  2. Dive-Bombers Fail to Stop Convoys

    Date released
    29 Jul 1940
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    982
    NoS ID
    037398
    Story no
    6 / 6

    More amazing action pictures from our cameraman on the Channel Coast.

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  3. Rout All Fritzes!

    Date released
    14 Aug 1940
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    987
    NoS ID
    037430
    Story no
    2 / 7

    Fierce air battles over the Channel. Nazis attacking balloon-barrage get caught, and litter seas with their parachutes.

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  4. Channel Conquered by a Girl!

    Date released
    31 Aug 1933
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    328
    NoS ID
    139796
    Story no
    8 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    Sunny Lowry, 23 year old Manchester girl, first to swim the English Channel since 1930.

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  5. Bostons over France

    Date released
    23 Aug 1943
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    43/67
    NoS ID
    100072
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Bostons head out across the English Channel, their destination Abbeville aerodrome. As the bombs fall and explode ground waves can be seen. Further down the coast another formation of Bostons is over the...

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  6. VC Fails in Attack on Victorious Channel

    Date released
    10 Aug 1925
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    728-2
    NoS ID
    130117
    Story no
    5 / 6

    Colonel Bernard C Freyberg VC fails in his attempt to swim the English Channel.

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  7. Russians in the Channel

    Date released
    22 Nov 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1746A
    NoS ID
    024888
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russians in the Channel. DESCRIPTION: One result of the gale-force winds around Britain’s coasts has been this extraordinary concentration of Russian ships in the Channel, sheltering...

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  8. Crossing The Channel

    Date released
    1964
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    293
    NoS ID
    350310
    Story no
    1 / 1

    NoS synopsis: Why do people want to swim the English Channel? Individual swimmers and relay teams are seen making the attempt. Also looks at the fate of some who have tried during the past 40 years.

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  9. Kevin Murphy gives up on Channel swim race (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Journalist Kevin Murphy explains why he chose to give up in a race swimming across the English Channel and his upcoming attempt at a 3-away crossing. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Chris...

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  10. Passing of a Hero

    Date released
    7 May 1942
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    42/37
    NoS ID
    099414
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Lieutenant Commander Esmonde, leader of the heroic attack by Swordfish aircraft on the escaping "Gneisenau" and "Scharnhorst" in the English Channel, is the first VC of this war to be buried in English soil.

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