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  1. Pongam POW Riots

    Date released
    1 Jan 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    53/1
    NoS ID
    105116
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    4,000 red civilian internees riot on Pongam Island, South Korea. 84 prisoners are killed when U.N. troops go in to break them up.

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  2. Giant USA Steel Plant

    Date released
    1 Jan 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    53/1
    NoS ID
    105118
    Story no
    3 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    A new 4,000 acre steel plant is opened in Pennsylvania. Complete with schools, churches and homes, the new city will be the state’s tenth largest.

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  3. People in the News

    Date released
    25 Aug 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    52/69
    NoS ID
    104898
    Story no
    3 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    The Archbishop of Canterbury visits the U.S.A. on holiday.

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  4. People in the News

    Date released
    25 Aug 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    52/69
    NoS ID
    104899
    Story no
    4 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    King Feisal of Iraq takes his first look at baseball.

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  5. Air Action in Korea

    Date released
    22 Sep 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    52/77
    NoS ID
    104944
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Deep into enemy territory, American fighter-bombers swoop to attack concealed Communist targets.

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  6. Typhoon Smashes Wake Island

    Date released
    29 Sep 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    52/79
    NoS ID
    104950
    Story no
    2 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    A one hundred and sixty mile an hour gale sweeps in from the Pacific to wreck Wake island. only two inhabitants are injured.

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  7. Volcano Discovered

    Date released
    29 Sep 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    52/79
    NoS ID
    104952
    Story no
    4 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    A vast new volcano has been discovered in the Pacific. In only six weeks it’s [sic] summit has risen over one thousand feet.

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  8. US Arctic Air Base

    Date released
    29 Sep 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    52/79
    NoS ID
    104955
    Story no
    7 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    In the ice-bound Arctic, America has built a huge airfield, only five hours by jet bomber to the industrial heart of Russia.

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  9. 2,000 MPH Rocket Ride

    Date released
    2 Oct 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    52/80
    NoS ID
    104961
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Two white mice and monkey are fired in a rocket 38 miles into upper space. A movie-camera on board records what happens to the white mice as they streak upwards.

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  10. America’s Atom Gun

    Date released
    9 Oct 1952
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    52/82
    NoS ID
    104970
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    First pictures of U.S. 85-ton gun which fires 12" shells with atomic warheads.

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