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  1. In the Swim

    Date released
    27 Jul 1967
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1990A
    NoS ID
    026983
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: In the Swim. DESCRIPTION: Attendants at Reading’s new Swimming Baths wear Mini-skirts as an aid to life saving. In Australia, the life-savers carry spear guns to protect Linda McGill...

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  2. Farm Robot

    Date released
    25 Dec 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1542A
    NoS ID
    022774
    Story no
    8 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Farm Robot. DESCRIPTION: Industry knows all about automation, so why shouldn’t farming! A robot tractor, in a demonstration, was seen at Reading. It’s throwing off bales of hay at...

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  3. Documentary casts light on hospital conditions (1981)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on a television documentary about psychiatric hospitals. The Silent Minority features St Lawrence’s Hospital in Caterham and Borocourt Hospital near Reading. Includes interview with COHSE nurses’...

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  4. No Hands

    Date released
    28 Jan 1963
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    422
    NoS ID
    121333
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: A car goes along a country road and the driver sits holding a newspaper with both hands and reading it as he races along. Dangerous driving? No, the safety-plans for tomorrow’s motoring...

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  5. National Preview - Galloping Grandfather

    Date released
    24 Mar 1966
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1920A
    NoS ID
    026376
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: National Preview Galloping Grandfather. DESCRIPTION: Tim Durant, a sixty-six year old grandfather, is to ride King Pin in the Grand National this year. Tim, who has spent a lifetime in...

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  6. Daughter the younger (1988)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Poetry

    Sean Street talks to Myfanwy Thomas, daughter of Edward Thomas, poet who died during the Battle of the Somme in World War One when she was a young girl. On her father, his poetry and family life. Includes...

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  7. A women "Manned" fire brigade!

    Date released
    9 Oct 1930
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    488
    NoS ID
    332546
    Story no
    1 / 6

    NoS synopsis: "In the town where they make the biscuit (Reading) we discovered a smart private women’s fire brigade." Women in firemen’s helmets and boots push fire fighting equipment towards the camera....

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  8. Missing boy Lester Chapman (1978)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Interview with the mother of missing schoolboy Lester Chapman, Linda Chapman. She speaks of his fear of the dark and how she hopes that someone has him and he is not alone; she also says he will not be in...

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  9. Pitsea murder investigation (1984)

    Genre
    News report; Press conference

    Report on the murder of an unidentified woman whose dismembered body was found on a rubbish tip in Pitsea, Essex. Detective Sergeant Chris Nylan(?) asks the public for information, and says witnesses have...

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  10. People in the News

    Date released
    1 Mar 1954
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    2465
    NoS ID
    153811
    Story no
    8 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    Canadian Premier in Pakistan (22 feet) Lord Mayor lays wreath in Paris (20 feet) Princess Margaret as Godmother (17 feet) WRENS on parade near Reading (30 feet) Miss Hornby weds in London (25 feet)...

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