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  1. The Donkey Derby

    Date released
    9 Jul 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1205
    NoS ID
    084400
    Story no
    3 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Victor Smyth beat brother jockeys on aptly named.

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  2. Mokes

    Date released
    5 Jul 1937
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    422
    NoS ID
    007763
    Story no
    8 / 11

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tom Webster Acts As Auctioneer During Donkey Derby. DESCRIPTION: Tom Webster acts as Auctioneer during Donkey Derby. SHOTLIST: Jockeys mount the donkeys and ride in race. Tom Webster...

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  3. Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Dry diving

    Date released
    19 Aug 1937
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    428A
    NoS ID
    007911
    Story no
    10 / 11

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dry Diving. SHOTLIST: Men dive into a rubber net contraption. Close shot of the springboard springing after dive.

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  4. Diver Uses Net in Back Garden for "Homework"

    Date released
    19 Aug 1937
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    676
    NoS ID
    035379
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 shot list

    Novel form of diving practice in Britain. Trick diving in America.

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  5. Donkey Derby and Fete

    Date released
    4 Jul 1938
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    38/53
    NoS ID
    096157
    Story no
    5 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Women’s League of Health and Beauty display, followed by Donkey Derby. One donkey is ridden by Steve Donoghue and he wins. Tom Webster the cartoonist watches actress Dorothy Ward present the cup to Steve.

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  6. Plasticine Soldiers

    Date released
    2 Jun 1958
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    179
    NoS ID
    120561
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Although normally associated with children’s games, plasticine really comes to life under the expert touch of 17-year-old John Runnicles of Pinner, Middlesex, who makes detailed and...

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  7. Cat and Mice

    Date released
    2 Jun 1958
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    179
    NoS ID
    120562
    Story no
    3 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: An animal trainer in the making is 8-year-old Theodore Bucher, who thinks nothing about putting a neighbour’s cat in among his pet mice. And judging by the reactions all round, the cat and...

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  8. Twig Jewellery

    Date released
    29 Mar 1964
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    484
    NoS ID
    121500
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Andrew Grima of Hatch End, Pinner, is constantly off to the woods. There, he picks up twigs and pieces of bark - to transform them into fabulous jewellery costing up to £10,000. Just how he...

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  9. Matchstick Art

    Date released
    7 Jan 1979
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2588
    NoS ID
    031237
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Matchstick Carving. DESCRIPTION: Despite being physically handicapped Mr Ray Cooke of Pinner carves shapes on matchsticks, the work is painstaking and delicate. SHOTLIST: MS match on...

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