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  • Bournemouth Issue Title How's That (1939)

    Travelogue item comparing modern Bournemouth to how it was in Victorian era. Part of issue titled HOW'S THAT? Bournemouth, Dorset. Travelogue item about South coast holiday resort. Various shots comparing Bournemouth's beach, cliffs and town as they are in 1939 to old photographs of same areas taken in 1870s. Great shots of tourists relaxing on promenade and paddling in sea. Good shots of public gardens, including the Bourne Stream. Item ends with shots of famous Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra performing. Note: commentary refers (incorrectly) to Bournemouth as being in Hampshire
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  • Calshot - Aka Training Pigeons For The Raf (1939)

    The RAF train pigeons to send messages from aircraft, Calshot, Hampshire. Pigeons being tested by the RAF in Calshot, Hampshire. Full titles read: "CALSHOT" L/S's of a basket with pigeons being loaded onto and RAF (Royal Airforce) flying boat. Good L/S's of the large aeroplane taking to the sky. M/S's of a man releasing a homing pigeon from the cockpit of the aircraft. L/S's and M/S's of an RAF man collecting the pigeon after it has returned home, he holds it upside down and then and takes the message attached to it's ring off
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  • Coronation Scot Leaves For The Us (1939)

    Footage of the steam train the Coronation Scot being lifted by crane onto a ship bound for the USA. L/S's of the steam locomotive the Coronation Scot being loaded onto a transport ship called the 'Belpamela', Southampton docks, Hampshire. The steam engine is lowered into the shops cargo hold in readiness for it's trip to the World's Fair in New York in the United States of America
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