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  1. Pedal-Car Race

    Date released
    10 Mar 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/21
    NoS ID
    112990
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    More than 100 competitors made a Le Mans type start in National 24-hour Pedal Car Race. It was in aid of charity, but students from all over the country took the event as seriously as if it had been a real...

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  2. 110 Year Old Woman

    Date released
    10 Mar 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/21
    NoS ID
    112991
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Business as usual for Mrs Ada Roe, Britain’s oldest inhabitant at 110, as she dispenses Pintas from behind the counter of her dairy.

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  3. 1000th Member of 1000 MPH Club

    Date released
    10 Mar 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/21
    NoS ID
    112992
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    When Mrs Roe was born, aeroplanes were still a thing of the future. How times have changed. 20-year-old Pilot Officer Vivienne Whyer became the 1,000 member of the RAF’s exclusive 1,000 mph club - the...

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  4. Women Parachutists

    Date released
    10 Mar 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/21
    NoS ID
    112993
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    More women in the news - ladies who readily swap their frills for ripcord thrills. They put on a terrific display of free-fall acrobatics during a training session. A cameraman went down with them for...

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  5. Palace Fashions

    Date released
    10 Mar 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/21
    NoS ID
    112994
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Amidst the magnificent and luxurious elegance of Louis XIV’s superb Palace, top fashion designer Nina Ricci staged her Spring and Summer Show. It was a feast of colour and glamour as the beautiful models...

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  6. Opera Ball

    Date released
    10 Mar 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/21
    NoS ID
    112995
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    In the romantic setting of the Vienna Opera House, Four hundred of Europe’s top debutantes and their escorts set the seal on the social season at the Grand Opera Ball. The elite of Europe had gathered for...

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