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LISTENING POST

Listening Post (1940)

Duplicate story - BBC radio editors monitor overseas broadcasts (this version...

"Backs To The Land" (1940)

Good footage of land girls at work on a farm in Northamptonshire.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 93

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 93 (1940)

A new road is built at Port Elizabeth and a cat pulls darts...

"Time, Please!" (1940)

A look at the machinery that works Rome's speaking clock.

HOLLAND STAMPS!

Holland Stamps! (1940)

A new charity stamp for the Netherlands is designed and printed.

DARK HARVEST

Dark Harvest (1940)

African workers gather in cotton and wheat harvests by hand.

ALOFT OVER ALASKA!

Aloft Over Alaska! (1940)

Road engineers fly over Alaska in preparatory work for a new highway.

 

 

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 97

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 97 (1940)

Motorcycle trials and skiers in the Italian Alps and trains...

THEY ROAM OVER ROME!

They Roam Over Rome! (1940)

Babies are cared for in a nursery while their mothers go sightseeing in...

SERGEANT OF THE LINE!

Sergeant Of The Line! (1940)

On the anniversary of the death of Andre Maginot we look at the Maginot...

COMING UP!

Coming Up! (1940)

Mushroom spores are incubated, cultivated picked in Australia.

BILLY SCOTT COOMBER

Billy Scott Coomber (1940)

Billy Scott Coomber and His Singing Grenadiers

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 101

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 101 (1940)

Tropical fish at Trieste Aquarium and a new bridge is built...

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 102

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 102 (1940)

Fishermen in Italy, Hungarian writer in a caravan and the...

VERY TASTY, VERY SWEET!

Very Tasty, Very Sweet! (1940)

Oysters are cultivated, graded, cleaned and opened off the coast of...

KING COAL!

King Coal! (1940)

Good shots of workers in a new Italian coal mine near Trieste.

FURTHER FARTHINGS!

Further Farthings! (1940)

Processes involved in making farthings at the Royal Mint.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 106

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 106 (1940)

Angora rabbits bred and combed in Italy and a baby giraffe...

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 108

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 108 (1940)

A safety device for coal mine lifts and arts and crafts...

HEAD FIRST!

Head First! (1940)

Great footage of a hairdressing contest; a 'military' style, worn with army cap, is...

LIFEBOATS OF THE AIR!

Lifeboats Of The Air! (1940)

The making of parachutes from sewing the silk to using the 'chute!

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 107

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 107 (1940)

Japanese daffodil crops are picked and a new anti-accident...

YEMENITE EMBROIDERY also in CP 029

Yemenite Embroidery Also In Cp 029 (1955)

Traditional embroidery techniques are shown - ornate silver...

STAINED GLASS WINDOWS

Stained Glass Windows (1955)

Various processes involved in the creation of stained glass windows are...

SARIS

Saris (1955)

Miss Manil Wearakoon demonstrates how to wear a Sari - she has a large collection.

SWIMSUITS

Swimsuits (1955)

Nice footage of a swimwear designer trying out some new ideas with glamorous girls.

JEWELLED STOCKINGS

Jewelled Stockings (1955)

Fabulous footage of bejewelled stockings being made and modelled.

FLAGS

Flags (1955)

Brightly coloured flags are made in a workshop in Southwark.

JOCKEY COLOURS

Jockey Colours (1955)

The making of "silks" for jockeys in Newmarket.

WIND TUNNEL

Wind Tunnel (1955)

Model aircraft are subject to various pressures at the De Havilland Aircraft Co.

CEREMONIAL SWORDS

Ceremonial Swords (1955)

Various processes involved in making ornate swords are illustrated.

FEATHER HATS

Feather Hats (1955)

Processes involved in the intricate technique of making feather covered hats.

GREETING CARDS record a aka GREETINGS CARDS record a

Greeting Cards Record A AKA Greetings Cards Record A (1955)

Crazy film featuring glamour girls...

CLAY PIPES

Clay Pipes (1955)

A husband and wife team make thousands of clay pipes a week in their garden shed.

CHALK PORTRAITS

Chalk Portraits (1955)

Footage of tailor Harry Weatherill using dressmaker's chalk to draw portraits on...

MODEL MAKING

Model Making (1955)

A firm of model makers work on large projects including a mock up of the Kuwait Oil...

HUTS BY THE HUNDRED!

Huts By The Hundred! (1940)

Mass production of 'flat-packed' army huts near Catfield in Norfolk.

THOSE ARMY BLANKETS!

Those Army Blankets! (1940)

Good shots of girls at work in a mill as we see complete process of making...

MODEL HUSBANDS!

Model Husbands! (1940)

Working models made by men of the Cape Town Model Engineering Society.

A COPPER GOLD MINE!

A Copper Gold Mine! (1940)

Men at work at an open copper mine in Arizona, United States of America.

HANDS TO THE PUMPS!

Hands To The Pumps! (1940)

Good footage of factory girls making and assembling stirrup pumps.

MAPPING IT OUT!

Mapping It Out! (1940)

French army map makers at work, showing every stage in production of maps.

NON STOP TRACTOR!

Non Stop Tractor! (1940)

Illinois farmer Frank Andrew shows how his automatic tractor helps with work on...

PILOT AHOY!

Pilot Ahoy! (1940)

Life aboard a pilot cutter in New York harbour.

A ROOF TOP LAUNCH!

A Roof Top Launch! (1940)

A new boat is lowered from a rooftop shipyard to the street below in Cape...

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 117

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 117 (1940)

Tropical fish, a dead basking shark and a swarm of locusts.

WATCH THE WHITE LINE!

Watch The White Line! (1940)

A new machine paints the white lines down the middle of the road.

CORN BY CANAL

Corn By Canal (1940)

Corn is carried by barges as the canals of England become important for transporting...

GLOBE MAKING

Globe Making (1955)

Processes involved in making geographical globes.

BEERSHEBA MARKET

Beersheba Market (1955)

Scenes at a market frequented by Bedouins in Israel.