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Tragedy of the Air

Date released

29 Aug 1935

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

536

NoS ID

141758

Story no

13 / 13

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Will Rogers and Wiley Post’s last flight.

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Alaskan Ice Mountains Break Up

Date released

19 Jan 1942

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

839

NoS ID

062418

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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US Army in Alaska

Date released

15 Mar 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/21

NoS ID

099886

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Polar explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins visits US troops in Alaska and inspects their clothing which they wear in temperatures of fifty degrees below zero.

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Alcan Road

Date released

8 Nov 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/89

NoS ID

100158

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The Alaskan Highway, which runs from Canada to Alaska, carries important war supplies. At stopping places along the route the convoy drivers meet trappers and go through towns of the gold-rush days, like...

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Brief Items of News

Date released

13 Mar 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/21

NoS ID

100310

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Attu in the Aleutians under heavy snow. Planes are grounded and snow ploughs at work on the airfield. [54 ft] General Montgomery’s successor as C-in-C 8th Army is Lieutenant General Oliver Leese. [29 ft]...

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Weather Reports from North & South

Date released

30 Mar 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/26

NoS ID

100324

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Arctic winds in the Aleutians cause planes to be grounded and snow blizzard buries jeeps. On a South Pacific island a Marine camp gets hit by high winds causing tents to be almost blown away.

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Reports in Brief

Date released

12 Mar 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2299

NoS ID

044291

Story no

3 / 8

Extras

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

Mount Katmai erupts for first time in forty-one years.

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Alaskan Volcano Erupts

Date released

23 Jul 1953

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

53/55

NoS ID

105404

Story no

2 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Mount Spurr erupts hurling waves of soot over the city of Anchorage.

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Reports in Brief

Date released

16 Nov 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2370

NoS ID

044710

Story no

5 / 7

Extras

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

Latest American fighter, Scorpion, demonstrates rocket-firer at 20,000 feet.

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World News Highlights

Date released

14 Jun 1954

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2495

NoS ID

154002

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Rare sea otters captured.

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