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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sport: Speedway Championship

Date released

15 Sep 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

954

NoS ID

014659

Story no

7 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Speedway Championship - Wembley. DESCRIPTION: The Sunday Dispatch Speedway Championship was held at Wembley and was won by Jack Parker. SHOTLIST: KS Cyclists lined up for start. SCU Vic...

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Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands, The (1927)

Director

Walter Summers

Producer

H. Bruce Woolfe

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes), £19.99

Originally released in 1927 to great acclaim and popularity, The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands is a recreation of two key battles faced by the Royal Navy in the early days of World War One. The...

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Carnival (1931 Film)

aka: Venetian Nights

Director

Herbert Wilcox

Feature film. A remake of the 1921 film also starring Matheson Lang (see separate entry). ‘This version boasts considerably better photography, but otherwise is very ponderous and plain. Nor did they go to...

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50th Anniversary of Speedway

Date released

26 Feb 1978

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2543

NoS ID

031110

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 50th Anniversary of Speedway. DESCRIPTION: One of the world’s most popular sports ‘Speedway Racing’ celebrated 50 years since it started in Britain. Movietone’s archives show...

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Speedway Champs Ride for Title

Date released

26 Sep 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1060

NoS ID

015966

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sunday Dispatch Won By Tommy Price (Dirt Track). DESCRIPTION: 93,000 people were at Wembley Stadium to see Tommy Price win the Sunday Dispatch World Speedway Championships. SHOTLIST:...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Contribution of British Movietone News to the British Film Festival of 1948

Date released

2 Feb 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

974

NoS ID

014920

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Some Press Occasions. DESCRIPTION: A look back at some of the events organised by British newspapers during the last year. SHOTLIST: COMPILATION REEL. Several Credit titles. SCU & CU...

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