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News from Abroad

Date released

14 Oct 1935

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

549

NoS ID

141871

Story no

5 / 10

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Cadets’ cruiser school "Joan of Arc" leaves Brest.

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Russian Civil War (2 Vols), The (1992 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. b&w/col. 52 min. each, 2001 sale: £2.99 (inclusive) each

Covers the consequences of Lenin’s return from Swiss exile to overthrow temporary prime minister Kerensky, the founding of the Red Army in early 1918, the treaty with the Germans at Brest-litovosk and the...

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Eskund seized with 150 tons of munitions (1987)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on visit of journalists to the impounded ship Eskund in Brest harbour after it was seized with 150 tons of munitions. Includes short interview with Robert Martin, engineer who diffused booby traps on...

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The French President at Brest Launches the 10,000 Ton Cruiser

Date released

16 Oct 1930

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

28

NoS ID

137309

Story no

2 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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World at Your Elbow

Date released

10 Jun 1948

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

48/47

NoS ID

102402

Story no

3 / 7

Extras

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

French Fleet, now placed at disposal of United Nations, holds first post-war review at Brest.

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Bagpipe Festival

Date released

12 Aug 1957

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

57/65

NoS ID

107793

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

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

France’s best pipers come to Brest for a national contest, renewing a custom interrupted by the first world war.

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Cycle in French History

Date released

13 Sep 1948

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

48/74

NoS ID

102530

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Latest report from France includes continental cyclists race - Paris, Brest and back; French political reconstruction; exclusive pictures of quads born to Parisian mother.

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Prang!

Date released

9 Oct 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/81

NoS ID

100504

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

German U-boat pens at Brest are the target of Lancasters of the USAAF, while planes of Coastal Command, Beaufighters and Mosquitos, attack enemy shipping which is trying in vain to keep supply lines open.

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Last of U-Boat Hide-Out

Date released

9 Oct 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

801

NoS ID

013241

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Brest Surrenders - U-Pens Bombed. DESCRIPTION: The last attack on the submarine pens at Brest scored a number of direct hits with twelve thousand pounders as photographic evidence...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Glasgow’s Lord Provost in Brest

Date released

29 Aug 1946

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

899A

NoS ID

014009

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lord Provost of Glasgow at Brest - Mute. DESCRIPTION: Sir Hector McNeil commenced his visit to Brest by laying a wreath to commemorate liberation. Then there was a carnival display with...

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