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Weather Robot

Date released

12 Apr 1956

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1401A

NoS ID

020873

Story no

6 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Weather Robot. DESCRIPTION: The Grasshopper a quaint device which will be used as a miniature weather station by the United States Navy. Dropped by parachute, the Grasshopper will play...

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Reports: Grasshopper battle in Colorado

Date released

15 Jul 1937

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

423A

NoS ID

007790

Story no

3 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grasshopper Battle. SHOTLIST: Army trucks moving up in Colorado. Shot of the grasshoppers on the ground. Swarms fly in the air. Woman sweeps up swarm of dead ones.

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Cinetops in Brief No 133

Date released

21 Oct 1940

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

551

NoS ID

124618

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

2,000 Guineas Pup The other day at Johannesburg, this pup was put up for auction in aid of naval charities and was sold for two thousand guineas. Grasshopper Plague Down in Arizona, they’ve caught the...

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Grasshopper Plague in Colorado

Date released

15 Jul 1937

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

370

NoS ID

056397

Story no

7 / 15

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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The Australian Scene: Grasshopper Plague

Date released

19 Nov 1953

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1276A

NoS ID

018902

Story no

5 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grasshopper Plague. DESCRIPTION: The rich wheat fields of New South Wales have recently been menaced by a most unusual danger, the fine harvest has been attacked by a plague of...

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"Grasshopper" Gymkhana!

Date released

22 Jan 1931

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

2070

NoS ID

384777

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Motor cycle surf-riding, a new sport, inaugurated at Hendon. Includes slow motion shots of the spills.

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Australian Farmers Fight Insect Plague

Date released

27 Nov 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

964A

NoS ID

014793

Story no

4 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grasshopper Plague. DESCRIPTION: A plague of grasshoppers has been causing incalculable damage in New South Wales, Australia. SHOTLIST: KS GV cornfield. SCU grasshoppers, thousands on...

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Cinetops in Brief No 117

Date released

1 Jul 1940

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

535

NoS ID

124542

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Queer Fish A visit to the aquarium for tropical fish. Basking Sharks Caught just off Durban - and weighing over nine thousand pounds. War on Locusts In this typical Zululand country, the grasshopper-like...

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Behind the Scenes at a Marionette Show

Date released

10 Feb 1930

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

36

NoS ID

002354

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Behind the Scenes at a Marionette Show. SHOTLIST: Man who pulls the strings shows stark realism behind the scenes. Shot of the strings being pulled and the marionette moving eyes. THE...

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Behind the Scenes at a Marionette Show

Date released

10 Feb 1930

Series name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue no

2

NoS ID

000078

Story no

2 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Behind the Scenes at a Marionette Show. SHOTLIST: Man who pulls the strings shows stark realism behind the scenes. Shot of the strings being pulled and the marionette moving eyes. THE...

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