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  1. Nanga Parbat Conquered

    Date released
    6 Aug 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1261A
    NoS ID
    018668
    Story no
    1 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nanga Parbat Conquered. DESCRIPTION: Nanga Parbat - the eighth highest mountain in the world has been climbed at last, by the Austro-German Expedition. When the climbers reached...

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  2. Wire Walking on Roof of World

    Date released
    6 Aug 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1261A
    NoS ID
    018669
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wire Walking on Roof of World. DESCRIPTION: Alfredo Traber and his son Henry, recently performed hair-raising exploits at the top of the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain. The...

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  3. Holiday Weather & Crowds: Seaside Pleasures

    Date released
    6 Aug 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1261A
    NoS ID
    018670
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Holiday Weather and Crowds - Games. DESCRIPTION: The population of the British Isles certainly made the most of the unexpected sunshine - some of the best August Bank Holiday weather...

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  4. Holiday Weather & Crowds: Cowes Regatta Becalmed

    Date released
    6 Aug 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1261A
    NoS ID
    018671
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Holiday Weather and Crowds - Games. DESCRIPTION: At Cowes, the starting gun made very little difference to the progress of the yachts, which remained stubbornly becalmed. The Duke of...

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  5. Holiday Weather & Crowds: Duke of Edinburgh as Cricketer

    Date released
    6 Aug 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1261A
    NoS ID
    018672
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Holiday Weather and Crowds - Games. DESCRIPTION: At Arundel, in Sussex, more people - 30,000 of them were there to see two Dukes toss up as skippers of opposing teams. The Duke of...

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  6. Holiday Weather & Crowds: Athletes - England V France

    Date released
    6 Aug 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1261A
    NoS ID
    018673
    Story no
    6 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Holiday Weather and Crowds - Games. DESCRIPTION: Another way of spending the holiday was at the White City, where teams from Great Britain and France were competing in a two-day...

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  7. Glamorgan V Australia

    Date released
    6 Aug 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1261A
    NoS ID
    018674

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Glamorgan V Australia. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV of pitch. Crowd scenes. Wooller and Morris toss up. Australia take field. E Davies and Parkhouse out to bat. GV Davidson bowls to...

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