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  1. The Garage Difficulty

    Date released
    19 May 1931
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    89
    NoS ID
    137853
    Story no
    5 / 10
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    New invention in the economising space of motor cars.

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  2. Air and Air Disasters [Sic]

    Date released
    12 Mar 1934
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    383
    NoS ID
    140321
    Story no
    11 / 11
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    Giant liner hits mountain. Railroad express jumps track.

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  3. America’s Worst Floods

    Date released
    30 Mar 1936
    Series name
    Universal Talking News
    Issue no
    597
    NoS ID
    142262
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    Havoc in twelve states.

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  4. US Floods Worst for a Century (Dissolve To)

    Date released
    2 Apr 1936
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    532
    NoS ID
    034439
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 shot list

    Further graphic pictures (unparalleled in newsreel history) show incredible devastation of affiliated States.

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  5. The Great Floods

    Date released
    6 Apr 1936
    Series name
    Universal Talking News
    Issue no
    599
    NoS ID
    142278
    Story no
    6 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    Aftermath of misery.

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  6. Floods Strike US Again, East and Midwest

    Date released
    10 May 1937
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    647
    NoS ID
    035193
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 shot list

    Heavy continued rains bring serious flooding, killing twenty and causing untold damage.

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  7. Rhythm on the Rink

    Date released
    12 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/100
    NoS ID
    098452
    Story no
    8 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Ice Capades of 1941 staged at Pittsburgh to open the skating season, with star of the show Belita.

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  8. Man-Made Lightning

    Date released
    10 Jul 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/55
    NoS ID
    098885
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Experiments at a Pittsburgh laboratory are being made to render aeroplanes safe in an electrical storm. A model all-metal plane is shown undergoing tests, and an actual car with a motorist, also.

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  9. Current Attraction

    Date released
    30 Mar 1942
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    42/26
    NoS ID
    099347
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Tests being made on new type of circuit breaker in Pittsburgh. Even when the installation is covered with ice at 20 below, the electric current can be seen jumping across.

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  10. News Flashes - Stop Press: New Plastic Glue, US

    Date released
    31 Jul 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1713
    NoS ID
    040642
    Story no
    3 / 7
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Amazing new American plastic glue will stick anything apart from metal and glass.

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