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  1. Hydraulic Bumper

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    211
    NoS ID
    325899
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: If a heavy lorry stops suddenly, its tailboard takes on the appearance of a knife. It slices through the soft metal of cars, crashing into it, either decapitating the passengers or snapping...

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  2. London Transport International

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    947
    NoS ID
    329188
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Diana MacLean investigates London Transport and finds herself under instruction as "bus driver and underground signals operator" - and neither are as easy as they look. She does, however,...

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  3. Restored Racing Car Runs Again

    Date released
    13 Mar 1977
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2493
    NoS ID
    030958
    Story no
    1 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Restored Car Runs Again. DESCRIPTION: In March 1927, John Parry Thomas was making an attempt on the Land Speed Record, when his car crashed and he was killed. The car, known as...

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  4. Rac National Hill Climb

    Date released
    24 Apr 1977
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2499
    NoS ID
    030974
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAC National Hill Climb. DESCRIPTION: Stirling Moss opens the National Hill Climb at Wiscombe Park in Devon and tries out the new Aston Martin Lagonda. SHOTLIST: GV Wiscombe Park. LS...

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  5. Historic Parade of Transport

    Date released
    22 May 1977
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2503
    NoS ID
    030988
    Story no
    1 / 2

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Historic Cars. DESCRIPTION: Her Majesty, The Queen reviews a parade of Rolls Royce cars as they pass through the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle. The following day many types of historic...

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  6. Brooklands Reunion

    Date released
    24 Jul 1977
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2512
    NoS ID
    031010
    Story no
    1 / 2

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Brooklands Reunion. DESCRIPTION: It is forty years since cars roared round the track at Brooklands, and now most of the circuit lies derelict. Ten years ago the ‘Brooklands Society’...

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  7. Scorpion Tank Demonstration

    Date released
    21 Aug 1977
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2516
    NoS ID
    031020
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scorpion Tank Demonstration. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s range of Scorpion Tanks go through their paces on Salisbury Plain. SHOTLIST: LS various Scorpion tanks. MS pan tank. MS Samaritan...

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  8. Battle of Flowers

    Date released
    21 Aug 1977
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2516
    NoS ID
    031022
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of Flowers. DESCRIPTION: The annual colourful parade of flower bedecked floats pass through the streets of St. Helier. Accompanying ‘Miss Battle Of Flowers’, Diane le Bot,...

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  9. Hovercraft Championships

    Date released
    2 Oct 1977
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2522
    NoS ID
    031042
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Schools Hovercraft Championships. DESCRIPTION: The School’s National Championships cover course distances of up to a mile and reach speeds of up to 50 miles an hour. The winners are...

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  10. The Motor Fair

    Date released
    30 Oct 1977
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2526
    NoS ID
    031054
    Story no
    3 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Motor Fair. DESCRIPTION: Cars old and new were on display at the Motor Fair at Earl’s Court. Alongside the current Rolls Royce models was a vintage 1912 Rolls. One of the newest...

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