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6 results found for '68/62' in Issue No..
Easterhouse Gangs
- Date released
- 1 Aug 1968
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 68/62
- NoS ID
- 113185
- Story no
- 1 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip
It looks like the days of gang warfare in this Northern city are numbered. After years of fruitless effort by police and welfare organisations, singer Frankie Vaughan seems to have found a way to peace for...
Rafts on the Bistritza River
- Date released
- 1 Aug 1968
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 68/62
- NoS ID
- 113186
- Story no
- 2 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip
A scene witnessed for hundreds of years on the Bistritze River comes to an end. Until recently skilled log-raft pilots ferried timber downstream to the wood processing plants. Now they are no longer needed...
Safety Vehicle Testing
- Date released
- 1 Aug 1968
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 68/62
- NoS ID
- 113187
- Story no
- 3 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Safety on our roads takes another step forward with the opening of a £115,00 [sic] Goods Vehicle Testing Station where heavy lorries are put through severe tests to prove their road-worthiness.
Land-Yacht Championships
- Date released
- 1 Aug 1968
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 68/62
- NoS ID
- 113188
- Story no
- 4 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Speed, if not safety, was of prime importance at the International German Land-Yacht Championships, where the craft reached 60 mph.
Russian Hydrofoil
- Date released
- 1 Aug 1968
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 68/62
- NoS ID
- 113189
- Story no
- 5 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip
A "good-will promotion" visit by a 100-seater Russian sea-going Hydrofoil created quit a stir amongst the Dutch as it cruised at over 40 mph. The Russian craft was certainly an eye catcher.
Hovercraft Rally
- Date released
- 1 Aug 1968
- Series name
- Pathe News
- Issue no
- 68/62
- NoS ID
- 113190
- Story no
- 6 / 6
- Extras
- 1 film clip
But in Britain, the development of Hovercraft has been more favoured. And the float-on-air vessels have a big following amongst amateur enthusiasts. The second International Hovercraft Ralley attracted a...