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  1. Anti-Mine Wellingtons

    Date released
    28 Jan 1943
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    43/8
    NoS ID
    099827
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    A number of Wellingtons are fitted with a hoop-shape casing holding a magnetic coil which, when passed over a mine, causes it to explode. Minesweeping from the air.

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  2. Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Navy Lays Safety Belt on Mines

    Date released
    29 Jan 1940
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    556
    NoS ID
    010582
    Story no
    9 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mine Laying. DESCRIPTION: The British Navy has laid a five-hundred-mile anti U-boat barrier in the North Sea. SHOTLIST: The mine layer leaves port and anti-aircraft guns are ready. Down...

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  3. News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: An Under-Water Bombardment

    Date released
    6 Mar 1939
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    509
    NoS ID
    009762
    Story no
    7 / 12

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Anti-Submarine Manoeuvres. DESCRIPTION: Destroyers sail from Portland to practice Anti-Submarine warfare. SHOTLIST: Aboard Bitterne, Movietone films the process of mine laying. The...

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  4. US Coast Defences

    Date released
    27 Nov 1939
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    39/93
    NoS ID
    097570
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    United States protects her coasts by laying mine fields which are all controlled from a central tower on shore. Anti-aircraft guns are among other forms of coastal defences used.

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  5. Norfolk - Mine Disposal

    Date released
    9 Nov 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1275
    NoS ID
    018878
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mine Disposal. DESCRIPTION: A minefield covering some four miles of cliffs near Trimingham in Norfolk was laid in 1940 - the task of disposing of the anti-invasion mines is difficult...

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  6. Usual Routine

    Date released
    Feb 1955
    Series name
    Ingot Pictorial
    Issue no
    22
    NoS ID
    349458
    Story no
    3 / 6

    NFA synopsis: An explosive Holiday. The Estate Office, Ebbw Vale. A Lieutenant in the Army Emergency Rescue Bomb Disposal Unit, who is also a surveyor at RTB. Footage of defusing bombs and clearing the...

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  7. Cyprus - Security Search

    Date released
    29 May 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1512A
    NoS ID
    022408
    Story no
    3 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Anti-Terrorists Operation. DESCRIPTION: The Security Forces in Cyprus have been engaged in a full-scale search for terrorists, the most comprehensive sweep for over a year. But at such...

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  8. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Salvage in the Middle East

    Date released
    20 Apr 1942
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    672
    NoS ID
    012225
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Middle East Salvage. DESCRIPTION: The troops in the Middle East collect and sort various kinds of salvage which can be re-used for the war effort. SHOTLIST: Piles of junk are razed and...

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  9. Movietone’s War Time News described by John Snagge (Courtesy of the BBC): Wings over Singapore

    Date released
    1 Apr 1940
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    565
    NoS ID
    010744
    Story no
    10 / 10

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Singapore I - Wings Over Singapore. DESCRIPTION: The defences of Singapore both in the air and on the ground are being improved. SHOTLIST: Aerial shots of Singapore as Blenheim Bombers...

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  10. Prince George Visits Pit Disaster Scene

    Date released
    23 Nov 1933
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    233A
    NoS ID
    004489
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prince George Visits Pit Disaster Scene. DESCRIPTION: HRH drives over from Chatsworth to condole with waiting crowd at Grassmoor Colliery, near Chesterfield. SHOTLIST: Panning shot of...

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