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Thousands Homeless in Australian Floods

Date released

11 Jul 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/55

NoS ID

103001

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Aftermath of the biggest Australian floods for generations shock the people of the Commonwealth. Only now that the terror has abated, can the full cost be reckoned up.

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Britain Takes a Day Off: Holiday Reel including: Leper Colony

Date released

4 Aug 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/62

NoS ID

103040

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Leper colony.

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Welcome Back to Amethyst Heroes

Date released

18 Aug 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/66

NoS ID

103055

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

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Commonwealth Fleet Meets in Pacific

Date released

10 Nov 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/90

NoS ID

103180

Story no

7 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The Australian and the New Zealand [fleets] go on spring manoeuvres in the Pacific.

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New Premier to Maintain Empire Bonds

Date released

2 Jan 1950

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

50/1

NoS ID

103261

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

First pictures from Australia of the Dominion’s new government, led by the Liberal leader Robert Menzies.

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Man-Eaters Threaten Aussie Bathers

Date released

9 Jan 1950

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

50/3

NoS ID

103269

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

New South Wales anglers form a select angling club to hunt to most vicious of sea animals - the shark.

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Storms Cause Havoc in Australia

Date released

6 Feb 1950

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

50/11

NoS ID

103311

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Fifty-mile-an-hour gales leave a trail of destruction across Eastern Australia. Mountainous seas cause £100,000 worth of damage.

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Can Lotteries Solve the National Debt?

Date released

6 Apr 1950

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

50/28

NoS ID

103397

Story no

8 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

In twenty years, the New South Wales Government has made a £28 million profit out of a state-run lottery. Financial experts believe that a similar scheme could pay off the American loan within fifteen...

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Aussies Strike It Rich

Date released

10 Apr 1950

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

50/29

NoS ID

103400

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Wedderburn, in Victoria, is centre of a new Australian gold rush. It all began with the discovery of a £1,000 nugget in the High Street.

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Flood Havoc in New South Wales

Date released

6 Jul 1950

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

50/54

NoS ID

103572

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

9,000 homeless as Hunter River overflows.

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