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  1. SS Venus Refloated

    Date released
    28 Mar 1955
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1347
    NoS ID
    019947
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: SS Venus Aground. SHOTLIST: Various shots of attempts by tugs to free the liner. Final shot of the ship moored in Millbay Dock.

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  2. Shipwreck

    Date released
    19 Mar 1956
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1398
    NoS ID
    020814
    Story no
    3 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shipwreck. DESCRIPTION: The Cornish coast, near Land’s End, was the scene of the wreckage of the French trawler Vert Prairial, with the tragic loss of all hands. SHOTLIST: LS rocks....

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  3. Tall Ships Set Sail

    Date released
    12 Jul 1956
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1414A
    NoS ID
    021053
    Story no
    7 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Torbay to Lisbon Race - Tall Ships. DESCRIPTION: Many sailing ships are competing in a race from Torbay to Lisbon. Its handicap race with two classes - ships over and under 100 tons....

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  4. Down to the Sea - A Tall Ship

    Date released
    18 Mar 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1450
    NoS ID
    021569
    Story no
    5 / 10

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Tall Ship. DESCRIPTION: Falmouth, and a tall ship ready to sail. She’s the 50 year old barque Pamir, once on the grain run from Australia, now a German training ship. SHOTLIST:...

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  5. An Alarming List

    Date released
    4 Apr 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1452A
    NoS ID
    021606
    Story no
    3 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mayflower Lists Over. DESCRIPTION: Mayflower II was being floated out of dock into Brixham Harbour, when she began listing. The official explanation was that she was short of twenty...

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  6. Mayflower Sails

    Date released
    22 Apr 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1455
    NoS ID
    021634
    Story no
    7 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mayflower II Sails. DESCRIPTION: Mayflower the Second, almost due to begin her voyage to America, spread her canvas for the first time, when she left Brixham for sea trials in Torbay....

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  7. Off to America

    Date released
    25 Apr 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1455A
    NoS ID
    021636
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mayflower Arrives at Plymouth. DESCRIPTION: Plymouth; and Mayflower the Second ready for her big adventure. Members of the crew saw their skipper, Commander Villiers meet the Lord...

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  8. Cool Off!

    Date released
    4 Jul 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1465A
    NoS ID
    021782
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heat Wave. DESCRIPTION: With temperatures knocking at the nineties - the water’s the place to be. In a crowded pool, it isn’t all plain sailing. Boats and bathers don’t always...

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  9. Foot Slogging

    Date released
    16 Jul 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1571A
    NoS ID
    023119
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Foot Slogging. DESCRIPTION: Boots, boots, boots! Thirteen hand-picked volunteers of the 8th Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment (TA) were on a hundred-mile march from Land’s End to...

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  10. Relief at Last

    Date released
    11 Jan 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1597
    NoS ID
    023409
    Story no
    4 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Relief at Last. DESCRIPTION: Eddystone Lighthouse has been completely isolated for three weeks. As soon as the stormy weather abated, reliefs for the two lighthouse keepers were...

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