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News Flashes from Round the World: Jet Rocket Squadron

Date released

31 Oct 1955

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2277

NoS ID

072882

Story no

2 / 9

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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Rocket News

Date released

24 Nov 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1538

NoS ID

022717

Story no

2 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rocket News. DESCRIPTION: New Jersey, where the electronic-brain-centre of an air defence system is always on the alert to protect the densely populated area of Greater New York. This...

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News in Colour: Jaguar Squadron

Date released

17 Jun 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2350

NoS ID

030380

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jaguar Squadron Colour. DESCRIPTION: Seen on an exercise at Lossiemouth are the RAF’s first Squadron of the New Jaguar fighter planes. These aircraft were built as an Franco-British...

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Meet the Dam Busters

Date released

18 Feb 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1759

NoS ID

024994

Story no

1 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Meet the Dam Busters. DESCRIPTION: Seen here, a Vulcan Bomber of 617 Squadron, the Dam Busters, the first squadron to be equipped with the Blue Steel stand-off bomb. Powered by its...

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Secrets of the Air

Date released

17 Sep 1951

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1163

NoS ID

017368

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Secrets of the Air. Farnborough Air Show. DESCRIPTION: The Society of British Aircraft Constructors has again put on a wonderful display at Farnborough. It drew crowds of people who...

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