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  1. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    25 Dec 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/104
    NoS ID
    113943
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The start of the London-Sydney Air Race had been delayed 24-hours because of bad weather, but eventually pilots from 16 nations took off on the start of their 12,000 mile journey to a Christmas in the sunshine.

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  2. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    25 Dec 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/104
    NoS ID
    113944
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    After 300 years of "Men Only" tradition, Lloyds of London relaxed their rules and admitted a woman to membership. She needs £75,000 to achieve it.

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  3. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    25 Dec 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/104
    NoS ID
    113945
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The pretty, blonde, landlady of the "Thomas-A-Beckett" pub is quite a fight fan. So much so that she’s been granted a licence as a boxing promoter. With Henry Cooper and Jim Wicks around, she can’t go...

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  4. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    25 Dec 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/104
    NoS ID
    113946
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    A new concept in sea transport in the "LASH" ship, (Lighter Aboard Ship). Built in Japan, it carried its own floating cargo.

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  5. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    25 Dec 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/104
    NoS ID
    113947
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Commuters waited 18 years for it, but at last the first section of the Paris District Express Underground was set into motion by the French Minister of Transport.

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  6. Technicolor - "Extra"

    Date released
    25 Dec 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/104
    NoS ID
    113948
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Doctor Arthur Fleischmann is an artist whose modern conception of "Perspex" has earned him the honour of having one of his creations placed as a key attraction in front of the British Pavilion at Expo ‘70...

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