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6 results found for '"Letchworth"' in Location.

  • Commandos of the Air - First Pictures (Superimpose)

    Date released
    12 May 1941
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1064
    NoS ID
    037789
    Story no
    1 / 1
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    With commentary by Mr Leslie Irvin, world-famous parachute authority, these vivid pictures give a complete record of how Britain’s newest service is trained. Included are: Strenuous ground training...

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  • Indians Train Here to Make Munitions

    Date released
    29 May 1941
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1069
    NoS ID
    037813
    Story no
    6 / 7
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Fifty trainees welcomed by Mr Bevin start work in factories.

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  • We’ll Show ‘Em Says Mr Skidmore

    Date released
    14 Mar 1949
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    49/21
    NoS ID
    102819
    Story no
    6 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Sixteen steelworkers from all parts of Britain will sail in the "Queen Mary" to America to study production methods over there. For Leslie Skidmore, of Letchworth, Herts, one of the party, it is, he says,...

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  • Made to Measure

    Date released
    1 Mar 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1708A
    NoS ID
    024526
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Made to Measure. DESCRIPTION: At a factory in Hertfordshire, you can have your Mini car converted into a sports saloon with the fitting of a glass-fibre body to the chassis. Including a...

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  • Learning to Lift

    Date released
    25 Sep 1967
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1999
    NoS ID
    027059
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Learning to Lift. DESCRIPTION: A Crane Driver’s School - run by Jones Cranes at Letchworth - features a control test. Cracking an egg with a twenty-one ton weight. SHOTLIST: LAS pan...

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  • Heath Visits Parachute Factory

    Date released
    5 Oct 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/80
    NoS ID
    112790
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    While the Labour Party discuss the dangers ahead, Mr Heath took a look at safety. He visited a factory where parachutes and safety harnesses are made. The Conservative Party leader saw the new ‘Arrester’...

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