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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Bathing Beauties’ Escapade

Date released

7 Jan 1946

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

866

NoS ID

013682

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bathing Beauties’. DESCRIPTION: Surf Carnivals have returned to the beaches of Australia. At Manly a bevy of bathing beauties braved the surf on a dukw. SHOTLIST: KS Surf teams parade...

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D-Day Remembered: Documentary with reminiscences of wartime (1984)

D-DAY REMEMBERED [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] A documentary, broadcast on Radio Victory, 6 June 1984, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy during World War Two, using the...

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Army on Land, Sea and Air

Date released

6 Jul 1967

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

654

NoS ID

121895

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: See how the Army takes to the air, and the waters of the Solent as well as speeding across the land with all kinds of manoeuvrable equipment. It’s the Royal Corps of Transport showing off...

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Invasion: Pictorial Report from France

Date released

15 Jun 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/48

NoS ID

100406

Story no

2 / 2

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Troops hitting beaches from landing craft, also heavy equipment coming ashore. Enemy gun emplacements are levelled off by Royal Engineers with pneumatic drills and dynamite. Naval ships offshore give support...

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The First Half of the Century

Date released

29 Dec 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1073A

NoS ID

016118

Story no

1 / 1

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The First Half Century. DESCRIPTION: Movietone briefly reviews the past fifty years, as we move into the second half-century. SHOTLIST: KS. Books displayed on shelf. SCU ‘1900’...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Cutting the Peninsular

Date released

22 Jun 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

785A

NoS ID

013146

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cutting the Peninsula. DESCRIPTION: In France the Allies are consolidating their positions and driving inland to secure the Cherbourg peninsular. Airborne divisions, using gliders, have...

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The Great Flood Disaster

Date released

5 Feb 1953

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1235A

NoS ID

018355

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain’s Trail of Disaster. DESCRIPTION: A week-end of appalling disaster began with the sinking of the ferry boat Princess Victoria off the Irish coast, only 44 survived out of 172...

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Army Display

Date released

4 Jul 1976

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2457

NoS ID

030840

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aldershot Army Display. DESCRIPTION: The Rushmoor Arena is once again the setting for the Aldershot Army Display. The object of this popular yearly event is to show the Army’s skills...

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