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Coming for the Coronation

Date released

25 May 1953

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1251

NoS ID

018564

Story no

3 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen of Tonga. DESCRIPTION: QUEEN SALOTE OF TONGA - Also at Southampton, Her Majesty Queen Salote, six-feet-three ruler of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific. SHOTLIST: Cut story -...

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South Sea Islands

Date released

21 Dec 1967

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

678

NoS ID

121949

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Paradise found. South Sea island dreams become emphatic reality as we take you on a tour of these South Pacific jewels. American SAMOA, heart of Polynesia, boasts one of the loveliest...

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Galapagos Lives (1997)

aka: Galapagos: Research in the Field

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Against the stunning background of one of the Earth’s most inaccessible and unspoilt landscapes, the programme follows two scientific researchers. Beatrix Schramm is working against the clock to try and...

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The Prince in the Islands

Date released

9 Apr 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1557A

NoS ID

022961

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Prince in the Islands. DESCRIPTION: This was the first royal visit in the history of the Solomon Islands Protectorate. Britannia dropped anchor off Gizo Island after a nine-day...

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Crisis in the Pacific

Date released

Mar 1940

Series name

The March of Time 5th Year

Issue no

10

NoS ID

352005

Story no

1 / 1

The March of Time synopsis: Europe today, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean has thirty million men under arms, fighting or prepared to fight French and British forces are spread out along every frontier...

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Date with History, A: Hiroshima (1965 Video)

aka: Date with History, A

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (81 minutes)

Follows the history of the war in the Pacific, tracing the American successes at Midway, the Solomons, the Gilberts, and the Marianas Islands, leading up to the decision to use the atomic bomb. Details the 6...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Atom Bomb Experiment Plans

Date released

30 May 1946

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

886A

NoS ID

013885

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Preparations for Atomic Bomb Test. Operation Crossroads. DESCRIPTION: America plans some atomic tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. Operation Crossroads as it has been named will use...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wake Island Gets a Blasting

Date released

15 Nov 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

754

NoS ID

012906

Story no

3 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wake Island Gets a Blasting. DESCRIPTION: American bombers take off from aircraft carriers in the Pacific to attack the Japanese base on Wake Island. Japanese shipping is also attacked....

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Marshalls

Date released

23 Mar 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

772A

NoS ID

013047

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Marshalls. DESCRIPTION: A Naval bombardment preceded the assault on Kwajalein Atoll. The fighting was fierce with the Americans taking many Japanese prisoners. The capture of the...

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Hawaii

Date released

9 Nov 1967

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

672

NoS ID

121937

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Come to the fiftieth state of the Union, the land of the sun, dazzling surf, cool blue water and nature’s own flower children. The Polynesians were here centuries before Captain Cook...

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