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  1. Something to Pout About!

    Date released
    4 Feb 1965
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1861A
    NoS ID
    025856
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pigeon Olympics. DESCRIPTION: 14 of the 26 member countries have been competing in the Pigeon Olympics - an exhibition of racing pigeons, held for the first time in Britain. A British...

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  2. Trafalgar Square pigeons snatched (1996)

    Genre
    News report

    Dominic Waghorn reports back on pigeons being taken from Trafalgar Square, London, allegedly for racing, but actually for pie production. The pigeon snatcher was later identified as 17-year-old Jason Lidbury...

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  3. Racing Pigeons

    Date released
    15 Oct 1962
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    407
    NoS ID
    121286
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: But how do you check the time of a racing pigeon? As the homing bird circles high over its loft, a clock ticks frantically away. The moment it lands, the owner will remove a small metal band...

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  4. The Racing Pigeon’s Derby

    Date released
    15 Jul 1926
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1311; Super Issue No.: 26/56
    NoS ID
    085204
    Story no
    6 / 13
    Extras
    1 film clip

    1020 of Britain’s finest birds - valued at £30,000 - compete for King George’s Cup.

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  5. Pigeon Corps Helps RAF Flying Boat

    Date released
    13 Mar 1939
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    839
    NoS ID
    036528
    Story no
    3 / 9

    RAF train racing pigeons for emergency use in case of radio failure.

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  6. Pigeons Travel in Style

    Date released
    15 Aug 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2045A
    NoS ID
    027502
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pigeons Travel in Style. DESCRIPTION: The rising cost of sending homing pigeons to their departure points by rail prompts London fanciers to buy a road transporter. It can carry nearly...

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  7. Speedy Atoms. Whippets Race in Speed Trials in Heart of East London Dockland

    Date released
    28 Apr 1924
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1367
    NoS ID
    079711
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MLV man kneeling with whippet, releases it, others released behind him. LV several men release dogs. LV men (owners?) run towards finish (after dogs). LV dogs cross line. CU dog’s head. [SUBTITLE]: A NOVEL...

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  8. Pidgeon Palace

    Date released
    16 Jul 1956
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    081
    NoS ID
    120236
    Story no
    3 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: At Denham in Buckinghamshire, the Faircloughs have a garden anyone can be proud of. But at the bottom of the garden there’s something really original - a palace for more than 250 racing...

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  9. The Sporting World

    Date released
    1961
    Series name
    Federal Spotlight
    Issue no
    140
    NoS ID
    351442
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: This includes items on harness racing, clay pigeon shooting and sailing.

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  10. COAL BIRDS

    Date released
    Jun 1963
    Series name
    Mining Review 16th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    346210
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: the prize-winning pigeons owned by Jack Bramley, a deputy at Derbyshire’s Woodside Colliery, are "coal-fired". NCB Commentary - From a Dutch living room to the living room of Mr. & Mrs Jack...

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