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The Price of Progress

Date released

23 Dec 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1803

NoS ID

025368

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Price of Progress. DESCRIPTION: October 22nd, the fateful day Mike Lithgow and six men died when the BAC One Eleven crashed. Now two months later, at the controls of a new and...

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Hovercraft for the States

Date released

17 Feb 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1811

NoS ID

025433

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hovercraft for the States. DESCRIPTION: The VA3 Hovercraft is in the news again following an agreement between Vickers and an American company. The VA3 is off to the States at the end...

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Are Chimps Chumps?

Date released

29 Jan 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1704

NoS ID

024478

Story no

7 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Are Chimps Chumps?. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show a Chimpanzee intelligence test at the London Zoo. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS chimp throws ball. CU man puts grape on machine. (3 shots)...

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Leave It to Tina

Date released

2 Apr 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1713

NoS ID

024574

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Its a Triumph. DESCRIPTION: Here’s a scooter that’s bound to attract interest. A Triumph product, known as the Tina, it’s definitely got something that the other scooters...

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Mcdonald Bailey

Date released

15 Jun 1953

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

457

NoS ID

119606

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

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Swindon - Steam to Scrap

Date released

9 Nov 1961

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1692A

NoS ID

024353

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Steam to Scrap. DESCRIPTION: The days of the good old steam locos are numbered, and the real veterans are being broken up. Here at Swindon, where many thousands have been built over the...

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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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Thatcher speech at policeman memorial (1979)

Genre

Speech

Speech by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, at the unveiling of a plaque in memory of Christopher McDonald, 19-year-old policeman , who was murdered in Blackpool in 05/78.

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Ian McDonald on Falklands conflict (1982)

Genre

Press conference; Speech

Ministry of Defence spokesman Ian McDonald gives a situation report (in the form of three statements) on the Falklands conflict at a press conference. He criticises Argentine propaganda and explains events...

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Ian McDonald on air-sea clashes in Falklands (1982)

Genre

Press conference

Military of Defence spokesman Ian McDonald, speaking at a press conference, on preparations for an attack on Port Stanley, and Argentine aircraft shot down while attempting to bomb British ships (08/06/82?)....

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