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  1. Monarch World’s Biggest Cable Ship

    Date released
    27 May 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/42
    NoS ID
    101126
    Story no
    1 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    The "British Monarch" goes to sea on a cable laying trip. Retrieving and laying operations are shown in the ship that can lay 2,500 miles of continuous submarine cable.

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  2. Road Test for a Glass Car

    Date released
    27 May 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/42
    NoS ID
    101127
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Latest in American cars is a roadster with fibre-glass body. Revolutionary engineering design results in super-smooth riding over rough roads.

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  3. Beauty School for ATS

    Date released
    27 May 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/42
    NoS ID
    101128
    Story no
    3 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Beauty salon set up in ATS camp, Cheshire, where service girls receive training in hairdressing. In the vocational salon girls act as models for the students.

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  4. Somerset’s Roman Relics

    Date released
    27 May 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/42
    NoS ID
    101129
    Story no
    4 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    At Low Ham, Langport, archaeologists have uncovered mosaic floors and ancient relics of a Roman village. A few feet below ground these rich finds dating back BC are rated as an important discovery.

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  5. Plane Rams Skyscraper

    Date released
    27 May 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/42
    NoS ID
    101130
    Story no
    5 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Second fatality of its kind, an American aircraft hits New York skyscraper in fog. Night shots of wreckage. All occupants perished.

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  6. The "Old Guard" at the Oval

    Date released
    27 May 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/42
    NoS ID
    101131
    Story no
    6 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    The King is present at the Oval for the "Old England" v Surrey match. Veterans of cricket are seen in play which resulted in a draw.

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  7. Midgets’ Wedding

    Date released
    27 May 1946
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    46/42
    NoS ID
    101132
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    A 3’ 6" bridegroom married to a 3’ 5" bride. Best man is 6’ 6" at a ceremony performed at a Brighton registry office.

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