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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water World. DESCRIPTION: The Mangla Dam - in West Pakistan - the second largest in the World, has just been officially opened. In Sussex, a demonstration of an under-water research...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Movietone Presents - Review ‘67. DESCRIPTION: All the highlights of the year in a special King-size release. Twelve months in twelve minutes - An Action Package, recording the Dramas,...
COI synopsis: Down to the sea... in a spanking new Liberty ship. The Nicola S.D.14. is the 1968 version of the famous wartime Liberty ships. From keel laying to launching the prototype took only 18 weeks....
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Reluctant Swans. DESCRIPTION: Recovering from a broken wing, the only Royal Swan to wear a harness and a lead is most reluctant to return to the Thames. From Australia, pictures of...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: All at Sea. DESCRIPTION: A vertical launch to gain it’s Lloyds Certificate; a new Fibreglass Cruiser makes a dramatic impact on it’s element. Sailing together for the first time, on...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atlantic in a Dinghy!. DESCRIPTION: 43 year old Shropshire Lorry driver Derek Heath, makes three vain attempts to start his transatlantic voyage from Falmouth in - of all things - a...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Farewell to a Queen. DESCRIPTION: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother makes a sentimental journey to Southampton to bid farewell to the liner which bears her names - and which she launched...
COI synopsis: With its "droop nose" looking like the predatory beak of some giant eagle, the west’s first supersonic airliner lifts its spindly legs off the ground and powers into the air for the first...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Another Giant in Service. DESCRIPTION: Mrs Wilson names the first of the giant Mountbatten Class Hovercraft shortly to go into Cross Channel service with a private company. It will be...
Hoverlloyd’s giant SRN 4 hovercraft which begins a cross-channel service on April 2nd, was named, "Swift", by Mrs Wilson. It will carry 250 passengers and 35 cars on the 40-minute journey to Calais.
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