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by Media ArchiveNovember 6, 2023
🎬August 1975 marked the 40th anniversary of the opening of the M27 motorway. Paul Clifton looks back at the sometimes dramatic life of the road.
The first section of the motorway near Southampton opened in August 1975. The original idea was for a south coast motorway stretching from Kent to Cornwall. For financial reasons, this would never happen.
BBC South Today Production
19th August 2015
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by Media ArchiveNovember 20, 2023
🎬British Movietone - Quite rightly the people of Tristan da Cunha are to live near the sea. Overlooking Southampton Waters, their new homes are at the former RAF station at Calshot. Everything's been done to make them comfortable in what used to be married quarters, and even the larders were stocked!
1153 Views
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by Media ArchiveOctober 11, 2023
🎬British Movietone - NO SOUND - Various general views of Beaulieu Palace Various general views of Beaulieu Church Various Shots - ponies in New Forest.
British Movietone News ran in the United Kingdom from 1929 to 1986.
1150 Views
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by Media ArchiveOctober 11, 2023
🎬British Pathé – Girls play game of sea cricket beside Bournemouth Pier. This is a duplicate of item 1373.34 - check for best quality. Bournemouth, Dorset. Crowded beach at Bournemouth. Various shots of girls playing the new game of sea cricket. The girl batting stands on a raft, the fielders stand in the shallow water, the scorer writes on a blackboard on the beach. People watch from the nearby pier. Includes joke about how Old Trafford not now being the "wettest wicket". The game has been invented by Bournemouth councillor Joe Beavis (unsure of spelling).
1134 Views
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by Media ArchiveOctober 11, 2023
🎬British Movietone - Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were bridesmaids at the wedding of Patricia Mountbatten to Lord Brabourne. The streets of Romsey were crowded with onlookers trying to catch a glimpse of the various members of the Royal Family who attended the wedding of Earl Mountbatten's eldest daughter.
British Movietone News ran in the United Kingdom from 1929 to 1986.
1133 Views
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by Media ArchiveOctober 19, 2023
🎬British Pathé – Wood sculptor Ron Lane at work in Hampshire. Dibden Purlieu, Hampshire. Various shots of wood sculptures made by wood sculptor Ron Lane. Ron Lane examining pieces of tree trunks branches. Most of the sculptures are animals - birds and fishes, etc. He is also seen at work with chisel carving figures in workshop
1130 Views
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🎬August 1975 marked the 40th anniversary of the opening of the M27 motorway. Paul Clifton looks back at the sometimes dramatic life of the road.
The first section of the motorway near Southampton opened in August 1975. The original idea was for a south coast motorway stretching from Kent to Cornwall. For financial reasons, this would never happen.
BBC South Today Production
19th August 2015
🎬British Movietone - Quite rightly the people of Tristan da Cunha are to live near the sea. Overlooking Southampton Waters, their new homes are at the former RAF station at Calshot. Everything's been done to make them comfortable in what used to be married quarters, and even the larders were stocked!
🎬British Movietone - NO SOUND - Various general views of Beaulieu Palace Various general views of Beaulieu Church Various Shots - ponies in New Forest.
British Movietone News ran in the United Kingdom from 1929 to 1986.
🎬British Pathé – Girls play game of sea cricket beside Bournemouth Pier. This is a duplicate of item 1373.34 - check for best quality. Bournemouth, Dorset. Crowded beach at Bournemouth. Various shots of girls playing the new game of sea cricket. The girl batting stands on a raft, the fielders stand in the shallow water, the scorer writes on a blackboard on the beach. People watch from the nearby pier. Includes joke about how Old Trafford not now being the "wettest wicket". The game has been invented by Bournemouth councillor Joe Beavis (unsure of spelling).
🎬British Movietone - Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were bridesmaids at the wedding of Patricia Mountbatten to Lord Brabourne. The streets of Romsey were crowded with onlookers trying to catch a glimpse of the various members of the Royal Family who attended the wedding of Earl Mountbatten's eldest daughter.
British Movietone News ran in the United Kingdom from 1929 to 1986.
🎬British Pathé – Wood sculptor Ron Lane at work in Hampshire. Dibden Purlieu, Hampshire. Various shots of wood sculptures made by wood sculptor Ron Lane. Ron Lane examining pieces of tree trunks branches. Most of the sculptures are animals - birds and fishes, etc. He is also seen at work with chisel carving figures in workshop