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  1. Training Pigeons for the RAF

    Date released
    13 Mar 1939
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    39/21
    NoS ID
    096943
    Story no
    9 / 13
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pigeons are being tried out to speed up communication. A flying boat takes off with a cargo of pigeons for a first test.

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  2. Springboks in the Field

    Date released
    30 Jan 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/9
    NoS ID
    098554
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    South African troops in North Africa erecting defence positions. The Signallers make communication centres workable, and camel trains bring up the precious water supply.

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  3. Communication Gaps: Red Hot News

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    147
    NoS ID
    325613
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: Improved communications are the axles on which the wheels of progress turn. But in an age of television from the moon, there are still areas on earth where communications fail. This issue...

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  4. New Ledo Road Re-Opens Way into China

    Date released
    8 Mar 1945
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1463
    NoS ID
    039516
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Allied engineers complete war-time highway which restored land communication with China.

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  5. To Blazes with Walkie Talkie

    Date released
    23 May 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/41
    NoS ID
    101125
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Britain’s radio-equipped firemen employ Walkie Talkies on fires. A wartime invention, ultra short wave communication greatly aids control of big blazes.

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  6. Phone in Your Car!

    Date released
    29 Oct 1959
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    59/87
    NoS ID
    108882
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 assignment sheet, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    All motorists may soon have telephone communication on the road.

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  7. Middle East Pictures

    Date released
    6 Aug 1942
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    42/63
    NoS ID
    099573
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Royal Corps of Signals in the desert - the men who keep the lines of communication open. When air support is needed to cover an infantry attack field telephones get busy. The fighter planes set off, the...

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  8. British Trench Digging

    Date released
    31 May 1916
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    249-1
    NoS ID
    125657
    Story no
    5 / 5

    [SUBTITLE]: "An entrenching party leaving the Camp and moving out through communication trenches to the front line. Building up breastworks and parapets." Men marching along path cut into bare hillside. Men...

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  9. Gpo’s Research Station

    Date released
    26 Oct 1933
    Series name
    Pathe Super Sound Gazette
    Issue no
    33/86
    NoS ID
    090904
    Story no
    4 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    New wonder house of experiment and invention for the improvement of telephone and telegraphic communication - opened by the Prime Minister.

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  10. What’s Britain Doing In Space?

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    73
    NoS ID
    350371
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: The answer is - staying on the ground for the most part, because Britain plays a big part in putting up the ground stations for communication satellites, and in being involved in all forms of...

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