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  1. South Bank Under the Hammer

    Date released
    13 Mar 1952
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1188A
    NoS ID
    017660
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Demolition of Festival of Britain. DESCRIPTION: The South Bank Exhibition site comes into the news again. A small army of workers is employed on the task of removing almost all the...

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  2. Autobiography of a Nation, The: The Festival of Britain (2003)

    Subject
    Architecture; Design; History
    Distribution
    Slide (Slide Set, 24), £30.00

    The 1951 Festival of Britain is mostly remembered for the South Bank Exhibition in London, and this slide set contains views of the exhibition and many of its buildings and structures (including the Dome of...

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  3. Tanker collision in the Channel (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    A Liberian tanker, the Skylon, collided with a Polish freighter in the Channel sparking fears of a large oil slick. French, Belgian and British boats controlled the slick and the blaze which had started on...

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  4. South Bank Closes

    Date released
    4 Oct 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1165A
    NoS ID
    017402
    Story no
    3 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: South Bank Closes (Festival of Britain). DESCRIPTION: The last hours at the South Bank included a number of ceremonies and farewells. There was a Tattoo by the massed bands of the...

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  5. Much Better Start in Life, A (1952 Video)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 64 min., 2004 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

    Seven selected official British government information films showing how Britain was portrayed in the early 1950s: 1) The Wonder Jet (1950, 19 min): In 1926 Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle (who appears in...

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  6. Festival Freedom for Pearlies

    Date released
    30 Jul 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1156
    NoS ID
    017276
    Story no
    5 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pearlies Freedom of Festival. DESCRIPTION: The Pearly Kings and Queens recently went to the South Bank. The occasion was the election of the Festival Pearly Royalties of London and the...

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  7. South Bank Disappearing

    Date released
    19 May 1952
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1198
    NoS ID
    017800
    Story no
    2 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: South Bank Demolition. DESCRIPTION: Touring the South Bank Site to watch the demolition, the Minister of Works (Mr David Eccles) saw for himself how quickly the Exhibition buildings...

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  8. Jet Flying Boat Visits Festival

    Date released
    21 Jun 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1150A
    NoS ID
    017194
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jet Flying Boat Visits Festival. DESCRIPTION: Arriving at dawn from Cowes, the ‘Saunders Roe AI came down on the Thames in Woolwich Reach. She’s believed to be the only jet...

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  9. President’s Daughter in Britain

    Date released
    7 Jun 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1148A
    NoS ID
    017168
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: President’s Daughter in Britain. DESCRIPTION: President Truman’s daughter Margaret arrived at Southampton, Movietone was there to greet her and to get an interview. Her visit to the...

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  10. Festival News

    Date released
    3 May 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1143A
    NoS ID
    017109
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Festival News. 1851 Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, a centenary display shows the Crystal Palace as originally set up in Hyde Park. At Southampton,...

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