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A film in the series produced by the National Broadcasting Company of America and the U.S. Navy, with the assistance of the Admiralty, and using film from both allied and enemy sources.

The decisive naval battle for Leyte Gulf, which ensured not only the American reconquest of the Philippines, but the end of Japanese sea power.
Film introduced by Michael Lewis, Professor of History at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
(Previously televised on March 16)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Lewis

Tai-Lu Talking
Another episode in the travels of a magic Siamese cat.
Told by Dorothy Gordon and Billy Thatcher.

Decorating London Streets
Sir Hugh Casson and James Gardner talk about plans for making the streets of London gay for the Coronation.

The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Mumbo
Drawn by Reginald Jeffryes.

(to 17.40)

Contributors

Devised by (Tai-Lu Talking):
Shelagh Fraser
Devised by/storyteller (Tai-Lu Talking):
Billy Thatcher
Storyteller (Tai-Lu Talking):
Dorothy Gordon
Illustrated by (Tai-Lu Talking):
Janet Grahame-Johnstone
Illustrated by (Tai-Lu Talking):
Anne Grahame-Johnstone
Musical comments (Tai-Lu Talking):
Donald Swann
Presenter (Decorating London Streets):
Sir Hugh Casson
Presenter (Decorating London Streets):
James Gardner
Illustrator (The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Mumbo):
Reginald Jeffryes

A cavalcade of fashion from the eighteenth century to the present day will be seen this year at the annual Festival of the Arts at Bath.
On this gala first night television cameras watch the parade in the streets of Bath and vehicles of the period arriving at the Octagon with models wearing authentic dresses and uniforms lent from West-Country family collections.
See 'Television Diary' on page 15

Contributors

Commentator:
Mary Hill
Deviser:
Jonathan Alwyn
Presented by:
Nicholas Crocker

[Starring] Frankie Howerd
with Gilbert Harding, Carole Carr, Margaret McCourt, Lee Young, Nat Temple and his Orchestra, Sunny Rogers.

Contributors

Comedian:
Frankie Howerd
Himself:
Gilbert Harding
Performer:
Carole Carr
Performer:
Margaret McCourt
Performer:
Lee Young
Musicians:
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
Pianist:
Sunny Rogers
Dance ensemble:
Claudine Goodfellow
Settings:
Frederick Knapman
Script:
Eric Sykes
Producer:
Kenneth Carter

A tale of the West Country by Brenda Hamilton.
[Starring] Robert Brown
The action of the play takes place in a village on the coast of Cornwall in 1896.

Contributors

Writer:
Brenda Hamilton
Producer:
Desmond Hawkins
Settings:
Richard Henry
Tom Pascoe:
Wensley Pithey
Mrs. Pascoe:
Phyllis Smale
Dick Pascoe:
Robert Brown
Bert, a tin-miner:
Bernard Fishwick
Dave, a fisherman:
Hedley Goodall
Jim, landlord of 'The Tinner's Arms':
Keith Hamilton Price
Rose, his daughter:
Hazel Penwarden
Old Luke:
George Holloway
Bob, a villager:
Geoffrey Matthews

The latest inventions submitted will be assessed by the Club's technical adviser, Geoffrey Boumphrey, assisted by John Gilbert.
The inventors will be introduced by the Organiser, Leslie Hardern, to whom all specifications and drawings should be sent c/o Inventors' Club, [address removed]

Contributors

Technical adviser:
Geoffrey Boumphrey
Assisted by:
John Gilbert
Producer:
George Noordhof
Presenter/organiser:
Leslie Hardern

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