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  1. England’s First Concrete Ship

    Date released
    29 Aug 1918
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    776
    NoS ID
    383334
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Includes launch ceremony, the dry dock, ship’s hold, metal worker.

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  2. 'Mystery Tower’ Ship Launched. Thousands of People Assembled to See the Concrete and Iron Monster Towed Out of Shoreham Harbour. The Building Cost was £1,250,000 and the Vessel will be used for Coastal Defence.

    Date released
    16 Sep 1920
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    990
    NoS ID
    078076
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    SHOTLIST: Concrete fortification on floating platform; towing away fortification; section of same; crowd; fortification.

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  3. The Shipping Crisis - America’s Great Effort. The Construction and Launch of a Concrete Ship. The ‘Faith’ is One of Many Now Leaving the Slips

    Date released
    6 May 1918
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    743
    NoS ID
    077143
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Men at work on hull. Ship launched. Newspaper headline: "6 million tons of ships sunk by submarines in last 12 months".

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  4. Floating Concrete

    Date released
    12 Oct 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1688A
    NoS ID
    024309
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Floating Concrete. DESCRIPTION: There was quite a buzz of interest at Wroxham, on the occasion of the launching of a new 34-foot boat. The bottle of champagne was dispatched by the wife...

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  5. England Swept by Great Gale

    Date released
    20 Jan 1921
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    739
    NoS ID
    081711
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Concrete ship strikes pier causing great damage.

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  6. Launch of First 1,000 Ton Concrete Oil Tanker Steamer at Poole

    Date released
    20 Jan 1919
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    817
    NoS ID
    077449
    Story no
    1 / 2
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Prince Nicholas, Crown Prince of Rumania. Ship down slipway into water.

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  7. First Pictures of Britain’s Bomb

    Date released
    11 Dec 1952
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1227A
    NoS ID
    018251
    Story no
    3 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Monte Bello Atom Bomb - Short Version. DESCRIPTION: It was among the desolate, little-known Monte Bello group of islands that Britain’s first atomic bomb was exploded. For the test,...

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  8. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Consolidating in Normandy

    Date released
    19 Jun 1944
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    785
    NoS ID
    013144
    Story no
    2 / 2

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Consolidating in Normandy. DESCRIPTION: More and more reinforcements and supplies arrive in Normandy each day. In the skies Allied air power continues to bomb and strafe the enemy....

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  9. Review of the Year

    Date released
    2 Jan 1975
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2378A
    NoS ID
    030610
    Story no
    1 / 1

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Review of the Year - 1974. DESCRIPTION: As we enter the last twenty five years of the 20th Century - Movietone reviews the last twelve months in retrospect. SHOTLIST: GV balloons...

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