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  1. The ‘Missing Link’

    Date released
    9 Mar 1925
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1457
    NoS ID
    079970
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Exclusive pictures of the wonderful discovery made at Taungs, South Africa. Story compares the skull of a chimpanzee to a human skull and shows Professor Dart who made the discovery.

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  2. The Birthplace of Our Freedom

    Date released
    2 Jul 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1203
    NoS ID
    084389
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    710th Anniversary of signing of Magna Carta commemorated.

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  3. Return Of The ‘St. George’

    Date released
    24 Sep 1925
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1514
    NoS ID
    080027
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Scientific expedition arrives at Dartmouth after a voyage of 30,000 miles from the South Pacific.

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  4. Born 1774 - Still Going Strong

    Date released
    26 Nov 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1245
    NoS ID
    084680
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Before being relegated to museum, Bexley Council try out their old fire manual and find it almost as good as new.

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  5. The Sphinx Revealed

    Date released
    7 Jan 1926
    Series name
    Pathe Super Gazette
    Issue no
    1257; Super Issue No.: 26-Feb
    NoS ID
    084749
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    After months of restoration work, the giant paws, hidden in the sand for centuries, are now visible.

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  6. Sphinx

    Date other
    12 Jan 1926
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    383646
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Repairing the Sphinx.

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  7. What a Contrast in ‘Wooden Walls’!

    Date released
    14 Jan 1926
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    751-1
    NoS ID
    130355
    Story no
    4 / 6

    Shots of HMS ‘Implacable’, a warship from Nelson’s time.

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  8. Dinosaur Fossils

    Date other
    8 Mar 1926
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    383744
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Story showing Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews on his dinosaur expedition and finding fossils and dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert.

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  9. Magna Charta

    Date released
    21 Jun 1926
    Series name
    Empire News Bulletin
    Issue no
    15
    NoS ID
    047360
    Story no
    7 / 8

    Slade catalogue entry: The Magna Charta 1215: A pageant of the Plantagenant [sic] Period when England’s laws were framed and National Freedom regained.

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  10. Magna Charta [Sic] Celebrations

    Date released
    21 Jun 1926
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    773-2
    NoS ID
    130602
    Story no
    3 / 6

    Magna Carta anniversary celebrations and old-time dancing held at Egham.

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