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4.1.59 Jazz musician George Melly interviewed by Peter Hopkirk ENGLAND: London: ITN Headquarters: Jazz musician George Melly interviewed by Peter Hopkirk - he is surprised at winning poll for best ...
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8.1.59 General De Gaulle is installed as new President of France FRANCE: Paris: Elysee Palace: General Charles De Gaulle is installed as new President of France. De Gaulle and his predecessor as ...
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12.1.59 Sir Winston and Lady Churchill leave for Marakesh ENGLAND: London: LAP: Sir Winston Churchill and Lady Churchill leave for Marakesh - Shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis travels with them. ...
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12.1.59 Lauren Bacall takes her children to the London American School ENGLAND: London: Regents Park: American Actress Lauren Bacall takes her children Steven 10, and Leslie 6, to the London ...
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23.1.59 Film premiere of 'Room at the Top' ENGLAND: London: Plaza Cinema: Film premiere of 'Room at the Top' - exterior of cinema and film sign above, arrivals include Heather Sears and friend. ...
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1.2.59 (FX & PART MUTE) Maurice Chevalier interviewed by Liz Kenrick ENGLAND: London: Victoria Station: Maurice Chevalier (entertainer) arriving wearing dark sunglasses, signs autographs for ...
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11.2.59 Mrs Gandhi installed as the new President of the Congress party INDIA: New Delhi: Mrs Indira Gandhi installed as the new President of the Congress party, crowds gathered for a view of her ...
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12.2.59 Film premiere of 'Separate Tables' ENGLAND: London: Leicester Square: Premiere of 'Separate Tables', sign for film above entrance. Arrivals include Wendy Hiller (actress), Felix Aylmere, ...
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18.2.59 Opera singer Joan Sutherland interviewed by Peter Hopkirk ENGLAND: London: Cornwall Gardens: Opera singer Joan Sutherland (very happy) interviewed by Peter Hopkirk - critics have hailed ...
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19.2.59 Centenary Year commemorating St. Bernadette's vision FRANCE: Lourdes: Centenary Year commemorating St. Bernadette's vision - crowds gathered at shrine, procession along to Grotto, huge ...
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22.2.59 (FX & PART MUTE) Prime Minister Harold MacMillan visits Moscow RUSSIA: Moscow: (MUTE) Russian visit by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, BOAC plane on runway, Harold Macmillan down ...
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10.3.59 Soviet President Nikita Khrushchev visits East Berlin EAST GERMANY: East Berlin: Nikita Khrushchev visit in support of communist regime. Khrushchev speech (not heard) in large hall. Camera ...
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11.3.59 Actor Basil Rathbone interviewed by Reggie Bosanquet ENGLAND: London: Dorchester Hotel: Actor Basil Rathbone interviewed by Reggie Bosanquet - he first went to Hollywood because English ...
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15.3.59 Actor Yul Brynner interviewed ENGLAND: London: LAP: Yul Brynner (actor) down plane steps arriving in London. Brynner interviewed by Peter Hopkirk - talks about his latest film, he stood in ...
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18.3.59 EOKA leader George Grivas visits Athens GREECE: Athens: EOKA leader George Grivas visits Athens after fighting in Cyprus has ended with the London Peace Deal. George Grivas met by crowds ...
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21.3.59 EOKA men return from hiding after peace deal settled CYPRUS: Nicosia: EOKA men return from hiding in the mountains after the London Peace Deal, crowds as EOKA men along, returning men ...
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29.3.59 Actors Lauren Bacall and Kenneth Moore interviewed about filming 'North West Frontier' ENGLAND: London: LAP: Lauren Bacall and Kenneth Moore on their way to India to make film 'North West ...
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1.4.59 Woody Herman interviewed ENGLAND: London: Washington Hotel: Jazz musician Woody Herman interviewed by Liz Kenrick, asked why keeps disbanding his bands, says he sticks with some of his ...
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9.4.59 Actress Brigitte Bardot interviewed ENGLAND: London: LAP: French actress Brigitte Bardot arriving in London, walks down plane steps. Bardot interviewed by Neville Clarke, she likes ...
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19.4.59 First pictures of the Dalai Lama in India after fleeing his homeland Tibet INDIA: Tezpur: First pictures of the Dalai Lama in India - he has fled Tibet after repression of nationalists by ...
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24.4.59 Dame Margot Fonteyn faces press after announcement that her husband is being hunted by police ENGLAND: London: LAP: Dame Margot Fonteyn's husband Dr Robert Arias is hunted by police in ...
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29.4.59 Communist Party Congress with Mao Tse Tung CHINA: Peking: Communist Party Congress: Chinese Communist delegates walking into Communist Party Congress building, some wearing traditional ...
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Restrictions: 30.4.59 Musician Tom Lehrer performs ENGLAND: London: Washington Hotel: Tom Lehrer plays piano and sings
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30.4.59 Musician Tom Lehrer interviewed ENGLAND: London: Washington Hotel: Tom Lehrer interviewed by Neville Clarke, Tom Lehrer calls his songs 'Sick' humour (a term not known in Britain yet), ...
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30.4.59 Queen and Prince Charles visit aircraft carrier HMS Eagle ENGLAND: Weymouth: Queen Elizabeth II and son Prince Charles visit aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, deck of carrier as deck lined down ...
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3.5.59 Queen Elizabeth II and royal children visit their father Prince Philip playing polo ENGLAND: Windsor Great Park: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, plays polo. Queen and children go to ...
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5.5.59 Shah of Persia arrives for State visit ENGLAND: London: Victoria Station: (MUTE) Shah of Persia arrives for State visit. Shah salutes and is welcomed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince ...
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8.5.59 Shah of Persia speaks at Foreign Press Association lunch ENGLAND: London: Dorchester Hotel: Shah of Persia speech at Foreign Press Association luncheon - he tells audience (in English) 'I ...
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14.5.59 Sir Alec Guinness interviewed after filming in Havana ENGLAND: London: LAP: Sir Alec Guinness back from filming in Havana - interviewed by Peter Hopkirk, his differences with the Cuban ...
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19.5.59 Canadian pianist Glen Gould interviewed ENGLAND: London: Grosvenor House: Glen Gould Canadian pianist who won't shake hands, interviewed by Peter Hopkirk, not deliberate unfriendliness ...
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28.5.59 Film premiere of 'Look Back in Anger' ENGLAND: London: Empire Cinema: Premiere of John Osbournes film 'Look back in Anger', external shot of Empire cinema and sign for film above. Arrivals ...
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8.6.59 Christopher Cockerell inventor of the hovercraft interviewed ENGLAND: Cowes, Isle of Wight: Christopher Cockerell inventor of the hovercraft interviewed by George Ffitch, he had the idea ...
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21.6.59 Actress Brigitte Bardot on honeymoon with Jacques Charrier FRANCE: St Tropez: French actress Brigitte Bardot on honeymoon with her new husband actor Jacques Charrier, pair photographed ...
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23.6.59 Cartoon producer Walt Disney interviewed ENGLAND: London: LAP: Cartoon film producer Walt Disney en route to Dublin interviewed by Liz Kenrick, he's doing as much animated cartoon as ...
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27.6.59 'King of Swing' Benny Goodman interviewed ENGLAND: London: LAP: Benny Goodman the 'King of Swing' and Rachel his daughter interviewed by Nick Barker before leaving after a holiday in ...
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28.6.59 Pope John XXIII meets President De Gaulle ITALY: Rome: Pope John XXIII meets President De Gaulle. Pope John in full papal robes welcomes De Gaulle, both take seats. De Gaulle away past ...
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9.7.59 Queen's Theatre re-opened with Sir John Gielgud in 'Ages of Man ENGLAND: London: Queen's Theatre: Exterior of Queen's theatre with sign for play above. Sir John Gielgud interviewed by Lynne ...
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11.7.59 Bob Hope and Rita Hayworth on the golf course SCOTLAND: Gleneagles: Actor and comedian Bob Hope speaks to actress Rita Hayworth and her partner before playing a round of golf. Bob Hope ...
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23.7.59 Churchills on holiday on the Onassis yacht 'Christina" FRANCE: Nice: Sir Winston and Lady Churchill on holiday on the Onassis yacht 'Christina'. Sir Winston out of car at quayside and ...
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24.7.59 Celebration of the 7th anniversary of the revolution EGYPT: Cairo: Celebration of the 7th anniversary of the revolution. President Gamal Nasser onto platform and waves to huge crowd. ...
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25.7.59 Hovercraft SRN1 makes it's first crossing over English channel ENGLISH CHANNEL: Hovercraft SRN1 makes first crossing. Aerial view of hovercraft across Channel. Calais: Hovercraft on ...
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31.7.59 Churchill's on holiday as guests of Aristotle Onassis GREECE: Athens: Sir Winston and Lady Churchill on holiday as guests of Aristotle Onassis. Sir Winston and Lady Churchill seated in the ...
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20.8.59 Women demonstrate in South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: near Harding, South Natal: Demonstration by women against tax collection and laws restricting movement. Women demonstrate along waving ...
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21.8.59 Boxer Ingmar Johansson to switch on the Morecombe lights ENGLAND: London: LAP: (MUTE) World Heavyweight Boxing champion Ingmar Johansson, en route to switch on Morecombe lights, down plane ...
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27.8.59 US President Eisenhower arrives for British visit ENGLAND: London: LAP: (MUTE) President Eisenhower arrives by Boeing 707, down plane steps. Greeted by group including Lord Gosford, Prime ...
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28.8.59 President Eisenhower meets Queen Elizabeth SCOTLAND: Balmoral: Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret together waiting. American President Eisenhower with Prince Philip (Duke of ...
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31.8.59 Excerpt from Eisenhower and Harold MacMillan Fireside chat ENGLAND: London: 10 Downing Street: Part of the Eisenhower and Macmillan 'fireside chat' TV broadcast to Nation - they sit ...
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2.9.59 Actress Lee Remmick interviewed ENGLAND: London: ITN: American Actress Lee Remmick who is passing through London on her way to the Venice Film Festival. Interviewed by Tom St. John Barry - ...
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TX 5.9.59 Dalai Lama meets Pandit Nehru INDIA: New Delhi: Dalai Lama (Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader in exile) meets Pandit Nehru to discuss recognition of exiled government. General view of ...
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8.9.59 Dr Werner Von Braun the inventor of the 'V2' rocket interviewed by Brian Connell ENGLAND: London: LAP: Dr Werner Von Braun the inventor of the 'V2' rocket interviewed by Brian Connell, ...
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19.9.59 Hollywood actress Jane Russell interviewed by Nick Barker ENGLAND: London: LAP: Close shot of actress Jane Russell wearing a colourful hat talking. Jane Russell interviewed by Nick ...
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20.9.59 Anti-H bomb demonstration ENGLAND: London: Trafalgar Square: General views of square full of anti H Bomb demonstrators, some carrying banners one hold up a CND sign on placard. Lord ...
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24.9.59 Fenella Fielding and Kenneth Williams interviewed by John Thompson ENGLAND: London: Actress Fenella Fielding and Actor Kenneth Williams interviewed by John Thompson about their show ...
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26.9.59 Onassis yacht 'Christina' into harbour at Monaco MONACO: General view of Onassis yacht 'Christina' into harbour. Aristotle Onassis along deck and ashore wearing dark suit and dark ...
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27.9.59 Tito Gobbi arrives to make ITV film with singer Maria Callas ENGLAND: London: LAP: Tito Gobbi arrives to make ITV film with opera singer Maria Callas. Tito Gobbi poses at bottom of plane ...
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30.9.59 Assassinated Prime Minister Soloman Bandaranaike lies in state CEYLON: Colombo: (now SRI LANKA) Assassinated Prime Minister Soloman Bandaranaike lays in state, group of men stand reading ...
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7.10.59 Fred MacMurray and his wife ENGLAND: London: LAP: Hollywood actor Fred MacMurray and his actress wife (formerly June Haver) down plane steps, close shots of their faces, both pose and ...
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8.10.59 Voting in the British General Election ENGLAND: Leeds: British General Election - people go to vote, woman into polling station, different polling station as more people go to vote. Darwen ...
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9.10.59 Conservatives win General Election ENGLAND: London: Downing Street: Conservatives win General Election - new Prime Minister Harold Macmillan MP out of car, along street as waving to crowds ...
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11.10.59 Princess Anne back from holiday at Balmoral ENGLAND: London: Kings Cross Station: Young Princess Anne back from holiday at Balmoral - Princess Anne off train with corgi dog on lead shakes ...
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15.10.59 Ted Heath appointed new Minister of Labour ENGLAND: London: Ministry of Labour: Ted Heath MP appointed new Minister of Labour in changes made after the election, Ted Heath interviewed by ...
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19.10.59 Cary Grant back to US after attending the film premiere of 'North by Northwest' ENGLAND: London: LAP: Actor Cary Grant leaves for America, was in England for the premiere of 'North by ...
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20.10.59 Motor Show preview ENGLAND: London: Earls Court: General view of interior of show. New Austin Mini Minor turning on platform. Austin Mini on stand cut in half to show engine. Another ...
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30.10.59 Clark Gable arrives to show his wife Kathleen London ENGLAND: London: LAP: Hollywood actor Clark Gable and wife Kathleen Gable off airport coach with Clark Gable smoking cigarette, couple ...
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2.11.59 Britain's first motorway the M1 is opened ENGLAND: General views of empty motorway M1, crowds around platform as Minister of Transport Ernest Marples gives opening speech, he talks about ...
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17.11.59 Subsidence on the new M1 motorway ENGLAND: Colling Tree flyover: Subsidence on the new M1 Motorway, traffic along. Close shot of road works sign, men working with pneumatic drills on ...
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20.11.59 Marlene Dietrich arrives to start in a new musical revue in Paris FRANCE: Paris: Actress Marlene Dietrich arrives from New York to start in a new musical revue. Marlene Dietrich at top of ...
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Restrictions: 24.11.59 Margot Fonteyn and Michael Soames rehearse for charity performance ENGLAND: London: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane: Actress and ballet dancer Margot Fonteyn and ballet dancer ...
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3.12.59 Aristotle Onassis visits London ENGLAND: London: LAP: Shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis on private visit presented with a model plane in airport lobby.
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3.12.59 General Abdul Kassim in hospital after assassination attempt IRAQ: Baghdad: General Kassim wearing dressing gown as he sits in chair and talks to officials.
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4.12.59 Nearly 300 killed after dam collapse in Frejus FRANCE: Frejus: Nearly 300 people are killed after a dam collapsed and washed away part of the town, view from front of a moving vehicle ...
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16.12.59 Archbishop Makarios becomes new President of Cyprus CYPRUS: Nicosia: New President of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios speaks to meeting (not heard - no sound available) waving crowds. ...
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