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London’s Air Defences

Date released

30 Aug 1923

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1010

NoS ID

083340

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Territorials ack-ack.

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Major General Wesson Sees London’s Ack Ack Defences

Date released

25 Sep 1941

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1168

NoS ID

146701

Story no

2 / 4

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mary’s "At Home" for Ack Ack Troops

Date released

25 Nov 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

755A

NoS ID

012919

Story no

6 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mary’s "At Home" to Ack Ack Troops. DESCRIPTION: Mary Pickford entertains British Ack Ack gunners to tea in her Beverley Hills home. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Several of Mary Pickford...

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US Guest-Gunners Fire Ack-Ack Guns

Date released

4 May 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1375

NoS ID

039153

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Under new exchange scheme party of Americans man anti-aircraft guns for British gunners.

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AA Battery ‘Gets a Jerry’

Date released

18 Oct 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/83

NoS ID

100130

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Mixed ack-ack battery presented with parts of an enemy plane which they destroyed by a direct hit at about 7 miles high.

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King Peter of Yugoslavia Inspects Ack Ack Guns

Date released

4 Sep 1941

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1162

NoS ID

146663

Story no

1 / 9

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British Troops Instruct Western Union Armies

Date released

5 May 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/36

NoS ID

102904

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Before leaving for Holland, where they will instruct Dutch forces, an Ack-Ack brigade is put through its paces at Weybourne Camp, Norwich.

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US Cadets

Date released

9 Jun 1941

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

41/46

NoS ID

098826

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

West Point cadets inspect army’s latest guns, including the quick-firing 37 mm ack-ack, and see a demonstration of the new type of attack on a radio-controlled tank.

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Mr Churchill Inspects Ack Ack Gun Site

Date released

6 Jul 1944

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1458

NoS ID

147857

Story no

3 / 4

Mrs [sic] and Mary Churchill present.

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Their Majesties on the Home Front

Date released

20 Jul 1944

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1462

NoS ID

147869

Story no

4 / 4

With Ack Ack batteries, with agricultural volunteers, welcome by the Duke of Norfolk.

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