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  1. High Explosives Clear the Way for New Roads at Dubuque

    Date released
    23 Nov 1931
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    143
    NoS ID
    138329
    Story no
    4 / 9
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

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  2. Rail Wreck - To Order

    Date released
    8 Sep 1932
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    160
    NoS ID
    032233
    Story no
    6 / 6

    Stunt smash thrills 80,000! "Hoover" and Roosevelt" trains crash head-on ... traditional pre-election show.

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  3. Head-On-Rail Smash Staged

    Date released
    19 Sep 1932
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    229
    NoS ID
    139069
    Story no
    5 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

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  4. Dr Piccard Goes Up with Ninety-Five Balloons

    Date released
    29 Jul 1937
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    670
    NoS ID
    035332
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 shot list

    Novel multi-balloon-power-craft makes two miles ascent, but is destroyed on landing.

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  5. 70th Birthday of US Coast-To-Coast Railway

    Date released
    11 May 1939
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    856
    NoS ID
    036643
    Story no
    1 / 7

    US celebrate 70th anniversary of "last link" which instituted first through railway service from East to West Coast.

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  6. News Flashes - Stop Press

    Date released
    25 Jan 1945
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1451
    NoS ID
    039460
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    US soldiers in military hospital have pictures of favourite nurses painted on plaster encased limbs.

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  7. Battle for US President

    Date released
    25 Oct 1948
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    48/86
    NoS ID
    102598
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    The USA election battle warms up as November 2nd nears. Challenging President Truman is Thomas E Dewey, who is predicted by American prophets a sure winner.

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  8. Wingless Plane

    Date released
    16 Jan 1956
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1389
    NoS ID
    020663

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aerodyne - Wingless Plane. SHOTLIST: KS Aerodyne in flight. CU inventor (Dr Lippisch) at controls. MS Aerodyne slowly lifting from floor. CU and MS Aerodyne in flight.

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  9. Man Steals Plane

    Date released
    7 Feb 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1444A
    NoS ID
    021482
    Story no
    2 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wild Pilots Steals Plane. DESCRIPTION: Danger over Des Moines as a stolen aeroplane swooped and lurched over an Iowa town. At the controls a student pilot Roy Sonderquist, took the...

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