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TAKING THE LONG DROP!

Date released

17 Jan 1929

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1860

NoS ID

384353

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: At Stag Lane, Mr John Tranum demonstrates new Russell Lobe parachute from height of 2,000 ft.

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Hse - Head for Heights (2003)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; FE; Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 25 minutes), £23.50

Falls from height are the biggest cause of fatalities and serious accidents in the construction industry. The Health & Safety Executive has produced a dramatic video that features workers discussing the kind...

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Korea Sees Hot Fighting in Cold Weather

Date released

19 Jan 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2284

NoS ID

044191

Story no

3 / 6

Troops repulse attack on Sniper’s Ridge. War correspondents film action at its spectacular height.

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Height of Polish

Date released

26 Oct 1933

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

278

NoS ID

032911

Story no

4 / 6

High life in the States. Cleaners hold on to big job of "shining up" the windows of the 47-story skyscraper-hotel.

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Professor Piccard of Brussels Hopes to Reach a Height of Ten Miles in Specially Constructed Balloon - Germany

Date released

25 Sep 1930

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

22

NoS ID

137261

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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Elections Grip State

Date released

23 Nov 1933

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

286

NoS ID

032959

Story no

5 / 6

Polling fever at height. Women vote for first time. Excitement stirs entire nation as medley of forty parties ask support.

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Hurricane Hits Cuba

Date released

18 Sep 1933

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

267

NoS ID

032845

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 shot list

Terrific 90 mph gale spreads death. Vivid pictures made at height of storm which killed 100 and left 100,000 homeless.

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The Height of Fitness

Date released

4 Feb 1932

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

98

NoS ID

031870

Story no

4 / 6

Hold your breath. Cruising 2,000 feet up, aerial acrobat does "daily dozen" in world’s highest trapeze act.

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Reports in Brief

Date released

27 Sep 1951

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2147

NoS ID

043294

Story no

3 / 5

Rocket shoots one hundred and thirty-five miles high. Attached movie camera secures amazing pictures of earth from that height.

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New Grab Speeds Timber Output

Date released

18 Feb 1954

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2397

NoS ID

044841

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

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

At height of lumbering season International Paper Company’s men use newly designed claw-grab to make light of heavy job.

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