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  1. Bentley’s Welcome

    Date released
    13 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1162A
    NoS ID
    017361
    Story no
    1 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bentley’s Welcome. DESCRIPTION: Disembarking from the Orion at Sydney, the popular Australian comedian, Dick Bentley, was welcomed home by two collaborators - script-writers Frank...

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  2. The Ball of the Century

    Date released
    13 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1162A
    NoS ID
    017362
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Ball of the Century. DESCRIPTION: The 17th-Century Labia Palace on the Grand Canal in Venice, bought and restored by a Spanish millionaire, was the scene of what has been called the...

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  3. Skating Skill

    Date released
    13 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1162A
    NoS ID
    017363
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Skating Skill. DESCRIPTION: Expensively-produced fancy-dress parties on ice are evidently the thing in Atlantic City; at an ice show, the skating chorus and many stars of the rink...

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  4. Jordan’s New King

    Date released
    13 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1162A
    NoS ID
    017364
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jordan’s New King. DESCRIPTION: Amman, the capital of Jordan, has been in mourning since the assassination of King Abdullah; but now the arrival by air from Switzerland of his elder...

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  5. Film Pioneer Honoured

    Date released
    13 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1162A
    NoS ID
    017365
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: William Freise-Greene Honoured. DESCRIPTION: At Brighton, where the late William Freise-Greene lived and (you might say) started the film industry. With his third son, Graham, Michael...

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  6. Jap Peace Signed

    Date released
    13 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1162A
    NoS ID
    017366
    Story no
    6 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jap Peace Treaty Signed. DESCRIPTION: The signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty was carried out in the Opera House at San Francisco. Mr Acheson was president of the Conference, and...

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  7. Turpin Retains Title

    Date released
    13 Sep 1951
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1162A
    NoS ID
    017367

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Turpin Retains Title. SHOTLIST: Various shots.

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