News Flashes 1959

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Titles read: "NEWS FLASHES".

Various locations of events.

Rome, Italy.

Various shots of Italian racehorse Ribot in retirement at a stud farm. He is led from stables to a field by a handler. Ribot in a field with several mares.

Idaho, United States of America.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50385
Sort Number:
59/017
Time in/Out:
01:49:55:00 / 01:51:09:00
Canister:
59/17
Film ID:
1569.37
Issue Date:
26/02/1959

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
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The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
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