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  1. Scale Model of Flying Boat Tested

    Date released
    11 Mar 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/21
    NoS ID
    097794
    Story no
    1 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Prior to giant flying boat being built which would cost about £150,000, a scale model of the plane is built and successfully tested.

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  2. Half a Ship Saved

    Date released
    11 Mar 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/21
    NoS ID
    097795
    Story no
    2 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    British tanker is cut in two by a torpedo, but the Captain decided to return to the stern half of the ship which still floated. He succeeded in travelling over a hundred miles before being sighted by a...

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  3. Basutoland’s New Ruler

    Date released
    11 Mar 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/21
    NoS ID
    097796
    Story no
    3 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Basuto tribesmen come from far and wide to attend the installation of their new chief.

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  4. Ploughing for Victory

    Date released
    11 Mar 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/21
    NoS ID
    097797
    Story no
    4 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Minister of Agriculture Sir Reginald Dorman Smith speaks on "Ploughing for Victory".

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  5. Picture Paragraphs from the World News

    Date released
    11 Mar 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/21
    NoS ID
    097798
    Story no
    5 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    King and Queen in Kennington.

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  6. Picture Paragraphs from the World News

    Date released
    11 Mar 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/21
    NoS ID
    097799
    Story no
    6 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Palestinians in France.

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  7. Picture Paragraphs from the World News

    Date released
    11 Mar 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/21
    NoS ID
    097800
    Story no
    7 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Joseph P Kennedy returns.

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  8. Sweden Snowbound

    Date released
    11 Mar 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/21
    NoS ID
    097801
    Story no
    8 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Villages are isolated, houses buried and roads impassable when snow hits Southern Sweden.

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  9. The Queen Elizabeth’s Great Voyage

    Date released
    11 Mar 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/21
    NoS ID
    097802
    Story no
    9 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    In great secrecy the "Queen Elizabeth" leaves the Clyde en route to a secret destination. On her arrival in America Mr Churchill (who helped to plan the secret voyage) said he never had any doubt about the...

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