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Commissioning a battleship
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Maker: Gaumont British News
Produced for the Ministry of Information by Gaumount British News. Shows the completion, acceptance and provisioning of the King George V class battleship HMS Howe. Also briefly shows HMS Howe's siste...F01392
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Gaumont British News No. 37
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Maker: Gaumont British News
1. Title: 'Mr Menzies has a message for America.' At the end of his first wartime visit to Britain the Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies held a press conference to say that he would use ...F01464
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HM motor launches
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Maker: Gaumont British News
Story of the construction of motor launches at dockyards in Great Britain beginning with draughtsman working at drawing board and continuing through all phases of construction to completion and the la...F01521
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RAF silver jubilee
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Maker: Gaumont British News
Gaumont British News production celebrating the twenty five years history of the Royal Air Force. Includes archival footage of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service in the 1914-1918 war. ...F02420
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Royal Duke visits Coastal Command
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Maker: Gaumont British News
A British newsreel item on the Duke of Gloucester's visit to Australian airmen serving with Coastal Command. Item shows the Duke at an RAAF. squadron, in flight in a Sunderland and meeting Australian ...F02029
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The Capture of Messina. Bomber assault: Bostons hit Valenciennes. Kalinin, Stalingrad and the Kuban (Gaumont British News)
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Maker: Gaumont British News
1. Coverage of the capture of Messina, Sicily by the British 8th Army. Shows Royal Navy warships in action shelling Messina. Priest self propelled 105mm guns and 5.5 inch howiters firing. Sherman tank...F04910