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  1. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    1944
    Series name
    Airfront Gen Operational Supplement
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    000002
    Story no
    2 / 8

    Fighter Support Spitfires over Channel shipping; first landing strip prepared in Normandy by D+4.

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  2. Full Marks!

    Date released
    19 Aug 1929
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1921
    NoS ID
    386839
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Miss Edith Parnell, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, successfully swims the Bristol Channel (a distance of 20 miles) in 10 1/4 hours.

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  3. News from Holland: Sideways Launching

    Date released
    15 Aug 1957
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    57/66
    NoS ID
    107800
    Story no
    3 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    A Dutch shipyard achieves the feat of launching a 4,600 ton vessel in a 164 feet channel.

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  4. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    27 Jan 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/9
    NoS ID
    113433
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Hoverlloyd’s giant SRN 4 hovercraft which begins a cross-channel service on April 2nd, was named, "Swift", by Mrs Wilson. It will carry 250 passengers and 35 cars on the 40-minute journey to Calais.

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  5. Beaten Only by the Cold!

    Date released
    8 Sep 1927
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1431; Super Issue No.: 27/72
    NoS ID
    086236
    Story no
    5 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Mrs Corson has to give up when within 4 miles of France -- one of the finest Channel attempts on the record. Pigeons were employed to report progess. Hard luck.

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  6. Biggest Hovercraft

    Date released
    29 Oct 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/87
    NoS ID
    112834
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Britain’s latest and biggest Hovercraft the SRN 4 made its public debut. It’s a craft that will revolutionise cross-channel traffic.

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  7. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    3 Apr 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/28
    NoS ID
    113523
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Just up river from Greenwich, Tower Bridge slowly opened. There was something big coming - the SRN 4, "Princess Margaret". Seaspeed’s cross-channel passenger-car hovercraft had come to town to let London...

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  8. Technicolor "Extra"

    Date released
    17 Apr 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/32
    NoS ID
    113544
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Tax problems - money problems? Jersey is a very pleasant place from which to consider Mr Jenkins’ Budget. No Purchase Tax; Income Tax at 4 shillings in the £; no Death Duties, and a host of other perks...

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  9. Maiden Voyage of the SRN 4

    Date released
    4 Aug 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/63
    NoS ID
    113193
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The SRN 4, Britain’s great seabird - the world’s biggest Hovercraft, carved her new high-speed route across the Channel. On board for the inaugural flight were Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon. At over...

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  10. Brecqhou Stamps

    Date released
    13 Oct 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2106
    NoS ID
    028042
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Brecqhou Stamps. DESCRIPTION: One of the smallest rocky outcrops among the Channel Islands leaps into the news with the issue of its own stamps. The Island’s millionaire owner helps...

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