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  1. Texas City Disaster

    Date released
    24 Apr 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1685
    NoS ID
    040508
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Seven hundred dead, two thousand injured in oil-blaze that destroyed city. Pictures taken at height of catastrophe show actual explosions.

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  2. Truman Says US Supports Democracies

    Date released
    19 Jun 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1701
    NoS ID
    040585
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    President Truman arrives in Ottawa on three-day goodwill visit, the first time an official presidential visit has been made.

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  3. US Set Air Record, Cobb Tunes Up

    Date released
    4 Sep 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1723
    NoS ID
    040698
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    John Cobb, out to beat own record of 368 miles an hour, reaches 334 miles an hour in trial run on Bonneville Salt Flats. US Navy’s "Skystreak" jetplane beats British Air Record at average speed of 650...

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  4. US Aviation Flies Ahead

    Date released
    30 Oct 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1739
    NoS ID
    040780
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Tow-rope is replaced by metal bar, enabling glider to be taken aloft under conditions at one time only fit for power-driven plane. Aircraft carrier Midway successfully launches rocket in Atlantic....

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  5. Howard Hughes’ Flying Boat Takes to Air (Wipe To)

    Date released
    10 Nov 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1742
    NoS ID
    040799
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet

    World’s largest plane - subject of a Congressional enquiry - is flown for first time, with Hughes at the controls.

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  6. Reports in Brief

    Date released
    29 Jan 1953
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2287
    NoS ID
    044211
    Story no
    4 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    South Koreans join up in thousands to form new ROK Army. Thousands of Korean orphans cared for by UN forces.

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  7. Berlin’s Mayor Asks Aid for Refugees

    Date released
    23 Mar 1953
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2302
    NoS ID
    044317
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Mayor Reuter tells America of desperate need for aid as about 2,000 refugees per day enter West Berlin.

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  8. Koreans Join British Army

    Date released
    6 Apr 1953
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2306
    NoS ID
    044331
    Story no
    6 / 7
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Two hundred men of South Korea enlist in British regiment.

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  9. Latest Atomic Experiments (First Pictures)

    Date released
    6 Apr 1953
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2306
    NoS ID
    044332
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Awe-inspiring pictures show explosions of latest atom bombs. Scientists visit affected area to assess damage.

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  10. Prisoner Exchange Begins

    Date released
    20 Apr 1953
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2310
    NoS ID
    044355
    Story no
    1 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Admiral Daniel and Communist sign agreement to exchange sick and wounded prisoners.

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