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Twenty-six films produced by the National Broadcasting Company of America and the U.S. Navy with the assistance of the Admiralty, using film obtained from allied and enemy sources.

The epic struggle against submarine warfare in the Battle of the Atlantic, after the attack on Pearl Harbour when the United States came into the war.
Film introduced by Michael Lewis, Professor of History at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Contributors

Film introduced by:
Michael Lewis

A fortnightly review of films.
Introduced by John Fitzgerald.
The programme includes scenes from:
'The Ringer' (London Films); 'Montana Belle' (RKO Radio Pictures); 'The Steel Trap' (Twentieth Century-Fox); 'Top Secret' (Associated British); 'The One-Piece Bathing Suit' (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Special feature on the U.P.A. cartoons produced by Stephen Bosustow distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Fitzgerald
Continuity:
Melissa Wood
Presented by:
W. Farquharson-Small

From the Ritz Ballroom, Manchester.
Regional Dancing Competition
Juveniles: Waltz and Quickstep
Honour Your Partners...
Butlin's American Square Dance Team
Dances Old and New
Old Time: by Harold Hulley and Doreen Edwards
Modern Ballroom by Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield
Pot-Pourri
Some popular party dances.
Modern Formation Dancing by Constance Millington's Medley Formation Team
Inter-City Beauty Competition
Birmingham challenge Manchester winners in the last programme.
Music for dancing played by Trevor Brooks and his Band with the Littlewoods Girls' Choir
Master of Ceremonies, Eric Morley
Guest Compere, McDonald Hobley
(By permission of Mecca Dancing)

Contributors

Dancers (Honour Your Partners):
Butlin's American Square Dance Team
Dancer (Dances Old and New):
Harold Hulley
Dancer (Dances Old and New):
Doreen Edwards
Dancer (Dances Old and New):
Syd Perkin
Dancer (Dances Old and New):
Edna Duffield
Dancers (Modern Formation Dancing):
Constance Millington's Medley Formation Team
Musicians:
Trevor Brooks and his Band
Singers:
Littlewoods Girls' Choir
Master of Ceremonies:
Eric Morley
Guest Compere:
McDonald Hobley
Presented for television by:
Derek Burrell-Davis

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