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The War in the Pacific

Date released

15 Nov 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/91

NoS ID

100172

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

On a US aircraft carrier in the South Pacific, Hellcat aircraft are bombed up for an attack on Wake Island. Over Wake, smoke rises as the attack takes place. Aerial combat of the Hellcats in dog fights with...

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Easter Island (2 Parts) (1988 Video)

Producer

John Lynch

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each?

Investigates the mysteries surrounding the ancient stone statues on Easter Island in the South Pacific, asking who built them, how, and why, and enquiring into the fate of the civilisation that once...

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Shakespeare Celebrations (1964 Film)

aka: Trinidad Shakespeare Carnival

Series

Parade

Cinemagazine. Shakespeare quatercentenary celebrations in Stratford-upon-Avon and Trinidad. In Trinidad, dancers in the street portray Shakespeare’s characters as part of a carnival procession. Commentator...

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Malina Morzaria on Greenpeace in South Pacific (1995)

Genre

Interview

The French government has decided to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific. The French have since sent soldiers on to the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior II, to tow it away from the exclusion zone...

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War in the South Pacific

Date released

8 Oct 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/81

NoS ID

099664

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

American invasion troops nearing the Solomon Islands in the early dawn and the landing on Florida and Guadalcanal Islands. This action turned the tide of war in the South Pacific.

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Allied Offensive in South Pacific

Date released

9 Sep 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/72

NoS ID

100091

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Sea and air offensive against the Japanese in the South Pacific is launched from New Guinea, New Britain and on Munda, New Georgia Island. Japanese shipping is met with and destroyed while Japanese airfields...

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Australian Pacific Paradise

Date released

10 Oct 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1792A

NoS ID

025284

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australian Pacific Paradise. DESCRIPTION: Lord Howe Island, 430 miles North East of Sydney, is a part of New South Wales completely surrounded by the Pacific. This South Pacific Island...

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Steve Jones show (1988)

Genre

Interview

Bertice Reading joins Steve Jones and discusses her career as singer and dancer and her new role as Bloody Mary in the musical South Pacific at the Prince of Wales Theatre; the show, and the people coming to...

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War in the Pacific

Date released

29 Jun 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/52

NoS ID

100414

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

A US task force under attack from Japanese planes in the South Pacific. The fleet puts up returning fire and a couple of the planes dive in flames into the sea. Admiral Halsey has said the Japanese back is...

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French nuclear testing continues (1995)

Genre

Speech

Lieutenant-Colonel Annie Grimal from a military observation team explains why the French decided to carry out a second nuclear test in the South Pacific.

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