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Telly Traffic Control

Date released

25 Jan 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2016A

NoS ID

027218

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Telly Traffic Control. DESCRIPTION: Over a half a million pounds has been invested in Britain’s latest traffic experiment to cut journey time. In West London, it combines Computer...

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Policing London in the 70s (2008)

Subject

History; Law; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £14.99

Available for the first time on DVD, 4 films from the Metropolitan Police archive vividly capturing the work of police officers in London during the 1970s. Violent and uncompromising, these films reflect the...

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Gatwick delays (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report; Vox pop

Robin White reports from Gatwick Airport where delays have set in due to the French air traffic controllers strike. Speaks to passengers and information officer about the frustrating delays, and how...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.95: Programme 95 of a weekly news and sports review (1988)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 95 Programme 95 of a weekly news and sports review called OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK; broadcast by independent radio station OCEAN SOUND on 21st August 1988. Presented by GUY HORNSBY....

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Police Lifting Vehicle

Date released

19 Mar 1973

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2285

NoS ID

029816

Story no

6 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Police Lifting Vehicle. DESCRIPTION: A new police vehicle for removing illegally parked cars. Automatic & flexible it can lift bodily almost any car. SHOTLIST: CU parking meter showing...

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Operation against Dutch drug traffic (1985)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on Operation Chessman, to prevent the flow of drugs into the UK from the Netherlands and the subsequent jailing of those involved. Investigating officer Arthur Rigby describes the trafficking...

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GLC scraps London toll scheme (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with GLC leader Horace Cutler on his decision to scrap a scheme to charge a 50 pence toll on roads in central London to improve traffic congestion, following the indiscretion of a GLC officer....

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Pilot scheme for red routes in London (1991)

Genre

Interview; News report

Emma Howard reports on the introduction of a pilot scheme running in North London to reduce congestion but also feared to impact on local shops. Motorists that stop or park along the Red Routes through...

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Berlin Canal Incident

Date released

9 May 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1040

NoS ID

015715

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Berlin Canal Incident. DESCRIPTION: Russian troops interfere with barges passing through the canals at Spandau, in the British zone of Germany. Colonel Kalinin is seen leaving after a...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Dunkirk Armistice

Date released

12 Oct 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

801A

NoS ID

013247

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dunkirk Armistice. DESCRIPTION: A sixty hour truce, arranged at the request of the French Red Cross, was arranged so that civilians could be evacuated from Dunkirk. SHOTLIST: Cut story...

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