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Traffic Jam Testing

Date released

9 Jun 1963

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

441

NoS ID

121390

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: At Crowthorne, in Berkshire, we watched some of the impressive experiments conducted by road researchers. Scientists there are ceaselessly striving to end the traffic jams that infuriate even...

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Broadmoor ban on visitors (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview protesting about a ban on visiting patients at Broadmoor special hospital in Berkshire. Male speaker not identified - poss. Peter Thompson, head of the Matthews Trust and former patient. Female...

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210 Reports Extra; Dr Edgar Udwin, retiring superintendent of Broadmoor Mental Hospital - Jan 19 [1975-1986]

Tonight 210 Reports Extra is devoted to Broadmoor, the top security Hospital in the village of Crowthorne, where Britains most dangerous mental patients are confined. It is just been announced that the man...

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Crowthorne Road Research Laboratory

Date released

Jul 1968

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

31

NoS ID

324732

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: Accident prevention experiments by the Road Research Laboratory.

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No Hands

Date released

28 Jan 1963

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

422

NoS ID

121333

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A car goes along a country road and the driver sits holding a newspaper with both hands and reading it as he races along. Dangerous driving? No, the safety-plans for tomorrow’s motoring...

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The Grand Prix

Date released

18 Mar 1979

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2598

NoS ID

031268

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: South African Grand Prix. DESCRIPTION: At the Kyalami Circuit in South Africa rain stopped the Grand Prix and it was re-started after a change of tyres for all but Jody Scheckter. The...

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Traffic Experiment

Date released

9 Jul 1967

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

67/55

NoS ID

112664

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Safety on our roads. The Road Research Laboratory is fast coming up with the answers to this urgent problem.

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Grand Prix

Date released

14 Mar 1976

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2441

NoS ID

030790

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: South African Grand Prix. DESCRIPTION: Austrian Niki Lauda led all the way and crossed the line first to win the South African Grand Prix. Britain’s James Hunt, in a Marlboro-McLaren,...

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Speed and Safety

Date released

24 Sep 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1842A

NoS ID

025689

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Speed and Safety. DESCRIPTION: Stirling Moss was at Blackbushe to see a British Dragsters team competing against the Americans. Dragsters sprint cars, costing up to 8,000 pounds, are...

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Pedestrian Catcher

Date released

17 Jun 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2350

NoS ID

030376

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pedestrian Catcher - Colour. DESCRIPTION: At Crowthorne, British Leyland demonstrate a new safety car. It has a low profile bonnet with a device which catches pedestrians and saves them...

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