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  1. British Bikes First Three in USA

    Date released
    21 Mar 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/23
    NoS ID
    102829
    Story no
    1 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Three British Norton bikes win the first three places in America’s Grand National of motor-cycling at Daytona Beach, Florida.

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  2. Blaze Wrecks US Army Base

    Date released
    24 Mar 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/24
    NoS ID
    102837
    Story no
    1 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    America’s worst fire of the year sweeps a California army base, causing a quarter of a million pounds worth of damage.

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  3. Acheson Announces Atlantic Pact

    Date released
    24 Mar 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/24
    NoS ID
    102839
    Story no
    3 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    The Atlantic Pact Nations hold a final conference in Washington before Dean Acheson announces the details of the North Atlantic Pact.

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  4. America Welcomes Churchill

    Date released
    31 Mar 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/26
    NoS ID
    102848
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    The Queen Elizabeth docks in New York with Winston Churchill aboard. The biggest press reception ever awaits him on arrival.

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  5. Pushbutton Paradise

    Date released
    31 Mar 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/26
    NoS ID
    102850
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    A Californian businessman has perfected his ideal home, everything is done by pushing a button. His main difficulty is to find a pushbutton electric meter.

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  6. Atlantic Pact - Twelve Nations Unite for Peace

    Date released
    11 Apr 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/29
    NoS ID
    102868
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    First pictures from Washington of the signing of the Atlantic Pact. President Truman addressed the twelve foreign ministers before the ceremony.

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  7. Child Rescue Bid Fails

    Date released
    18 Apr 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/31
    NoS ID
    102880
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    First pictures from San Marino USA where for sixty hours two hundred men battled to save the life of three year old Kathy Fiscus, trapped in an open wall [sic]. After hours of hope and counter hope, their...

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  8. They Fly 727 Hours Non-Stop

    Date released
    25 Apr 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/33
    NoS ID
    102889
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Two Americans achieve the strangest record of the year - for 727 hours they have not set foot on earth but have stayed aloft in their tiny single-engined plane.

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  9. British Ships Shelled in China War

    Date released
    2 May 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/35
    NoS ID
    102898
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Pictures of British wounded being taken ashore following Communist shelling of British warships pose the question of Britain’s future in the East.

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  10. Shanghai Encircled: Last Britons Leave

    Date released
    9 May 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/37
    NoS ID
    102910
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    As Chinese Communists cut the last remaining escape route from Shanghai, confusion in the city increases. More Britons leave, while those who remain attend the funeral of the sailors killed aboard the...

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