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  1. Belgium Revives Sacred Festival

    Date released
    12 May 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1690
    NoS ID
    040532
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Historic Belgian city of Bruges holds traditional 800-year-old ceremony of the Holy Blood.

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  2. French Show Way with Bandits

    Date released
    19 May 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1692
    NoS ID
    040538
    Story no
    1 / 7
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Under sentence for killing nineteen people, escaped Polish bandit is hunted by armed bandit is hunted by armed posse and finally cornered and shot.

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  3. Josephine Baker Weds

    Date released
    12 Jun 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1699
    NoS ID
    040573
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Famous coloured star weds Frenchman at her chateau near Bordeaux.

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  4. French Strikes Strand Tourists

    Date released
    12 Jun 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1699
    NoS ID
    040575
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    French rail strike causes discomfiture to population and visitors alike. Bakers strike and army comes to rescue. Petrol is unobtainable for a time.

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  5. French Aces Race Back to Pre-War Form

    Date released
    19 Jun 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1701
    NoS ID
    040586
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Win for Britain by Martin in a Frazer Nash is gained in tortuous race round old city of Angouleme in South West France.

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  6. Poison Mystery Shakes France

    Date released
    30 Jun 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1704
    NoS ID
    040601
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    French public attention is focussed on hospital at Macon, where mystery surrounds deaths of seventeen patients.

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  7. Bevin Gets Conference Under Way

    Date released
    17 Jul 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1709
    NoS ID
    040619
    Story no
    1 / 5
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Representatives of sixteen nations confer in Paris on solution of Europe’s difficulties.

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  8. Paris Holds Pre-Fab House Exhibition

    Date released
    17 Jul 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1709
    NoS ID
    040621
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Exhibition of prefab houses draws Paris crowds. Aluminium house is highlight of the show.

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  9. News Flashes - Stop Press: Devil’s Island Prisoner

    Date released
    21 Jul 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1710
    NoS ID
    040627
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Condemned murderer, who had death sentence commuted, returns from Devil’s Island after twenty years’ confinement.

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  10. Senora Peron (Not Coming Here) Visits Paris

    Date released
    24 Jul 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1711
    NoS ID
    040633
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Senora Peron, much publicized wife of Argentine ruler visits Paris.

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