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POULTRY FARM issue title - WHAT THE DICKENS

Poultry Farm Issue Title - What The Dickens (1939-1940)

Footage of working poultry farm in Essex.

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...

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...

SHOT!

Shot! (1940)

Process of making lead shots at W Coop's factory in Melbourne, Australia.

HOW GIRLS PICK-UP!

How Girls Pick-Up! (1940)

Great footage of shop girls helping the war effort by working on a farm in...

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 126

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 126 (1940)

US Navy carry out deep sea diving experiments and a...

CANNY CANINES!

Canny Canines! (1940)

Doberman Pinscher dogs are trained at police dogs in California.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 129

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 129 (1940)

Propellors for British planes are made at an American plant,...

BIRD SANCTUARY

Bird Sanctuary (1940)

Kookaburras in a wild bird sanctuary feed from the hands of farmers who work the...

THE LAST REFUGE - A TALE OF THE NAVAJO

The Last Refuge - A Tale Of The Navajo (1940)

Item showing how the state of Arizona is helping the...

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 132

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 132 (1940)

New York police test a new tear gas shell and a US couple...

ACRES OF PLENTY!

Acres Of Plenty! (1940)

Farmers from the American Midwest go to California to work on Government Farm...

SOUTH AFRICA 'GOES TO IT'

South Africa 'goes To It' (1940)

South African men at work in armaments factories as part of the war...

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 133

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 133 (1940)

Grasshopper plague in Arizona and a bulldog pup sold in...

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 134

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 134 (1940)

New inventions: substance that stops bleeding, a perpetual...

RUGGED FOR RUGGER!

Rugged For Rugger! (1940)

Rugby balls are made in Australia, then we see a demonstration match at...

BOMBS, BOMBS, BEAUTIFUL BOMBS!

Bombs, Bombs, Beautiful Bombs! (1940)

Good footage of bombs being manufactured as part of South...

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF NO. 136

Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 136 (1940)

Kansas farmer discovers star, yacht arrives in New York from...