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  1. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Economics Are Still the News - Franc Negotiations

    Date released
    2 Feb 1948
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    974
    NoS ID
    014917
    Story no
    5 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cripps in Paris to Discuss Franc. DESCRIPTION: Sir Stafford Cripps arrives in Paris to discuss the proposed devaluation of the franc. SHOTLIST: KS Close up Treasury Notes. Night...

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  2. Edith Wharton: The Sense of Harmony (2014)

    Director
    Elizabeth Lennard
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 57 mins), $14.95

    Documentary. Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Yale and to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Best known for novels such as The Age of Innocence, The House of...

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  3. Economic Situation

    Date released
    28 Nov 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/96
    NoS ID
    113350
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The battle for the Franc. France was teetering on the edge of economic disaster. The repercussions were quickly felt at home. The answer, it seemed, was to devalue the Franc and up-value the German Mark. But...

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  4. Fighting for the Franc

    Date released
    29 Jul 1926
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1315; Super Issue No.: 26/60
    NoS ID
    085249
    Story no
    6 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip

    First meeting of M Poincare and his cabinet which includes 6 ex-premiers.

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  5. News in Brief: Bakers Strike

    Date released
    24 Sep 1956
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1425
    NoS ID
    021212
    Story no
    7 / 10

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bakers Strike in Paris. DESCRIPTION: In Paris, the Bakers were on strike, as a protest against the Government’s refusal to allow them to put another franc on the price of a loaf....

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  6. Save the Franc!

    Date released
    30 Nov 1933
    Series name
    Pathe Super Sound Gazette
    Issue no
    33/96
    NoS ID
    090973
    Story no
    1 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Still another government takes office and the more they change the more they remain the same.

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  7. Finance

    Date released
    5 Oct 1936
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    383
    NoS ID
    006890
    Story no
    6 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Finance. Paul Reynaud. DESCRIPTION: Paul Reynaud, French Finance Minister, on Franc devaluation. SHOTLIST: Shot of notes and coins. French Minister explains the Reynaud. situation of...

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  8. News from Everywhere

    Date released
    2 Apr 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1139
    NoS ID
    017044
    Story no
    1 / 11

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News From Everywhere - French Steeplechase. DESCRIPTION: France: 20 - 1 outsider Bouzoulou win 3,000,000 franc. Steeplechase at Auteuil. SHOTLIST: TS start of race Prix de President de...

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  9. The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: French Government Crisis

    Date released
    20 Jan 1938
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    450A
    NoS ID
    008416
    Story no
    2 / 12

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Government Crisis. SHOTLIST: Efforts are being made to form a new government in France, to tackle the double crisis of the falling Franc and the industrial situation. M Blum coming out...

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  10. Angling Championships

    Date released
    1 Apr 1971
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2182A
    NoS ID
    028778
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Angling Championship. DESCRIPTION: More than 350 French fishermen invade the English coastline for the world’s largest International day angling competition. Hundreds of fish were...

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