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News in Flashes: Stop Press: RAF Parachute Radar Valves to Weather-Ship

Series

Series Name
British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.
1855
Date Released
9 Dec 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Suchow Falls!
  2. 2Western Berlin Defies Soviet - 86% Cast Votes
  3. 3News in Flashes: Stop Press: RAF Parachute Radar Valves to Weather-Ship
  4. 4News in Flashes: Stop Press: Baby Swimmer
  5. 5News in Flashes: Stop Press: New Device Broadens Use of Jeep
  6. 6Jack Tar Throws Christmas Party for Three Hundred and Fifty Kiddies
  7. 7US Football Classic Ends in First Draw
  8. 8C of I Trailer: Jet Propelled Germs

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Section Title
News in Flashes: Stop Press
Summary
Lancaster bomber takes package of twelve radar valves to weather-ship Explorer, anchored six hundred miles north west of Cornwall.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Aviation; Science and technology; Military
Library number
17360
Length of story (in feet)
71

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Film Archive

Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
Email
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Web
http://reuters.screenocean.com/
Phone
+44(0)1954 262052
Address
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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held
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