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Children's Newsreel 23 April 1950

Children's Newsreel was introduced on 23 April 1950 as a lighter counterpart to the regular Television Newsreel, although suitable material culled from the main newsreel films was used. The lead story of the first edition was titled Brumas the Bear, about the first polar bear cub born and raised at London Zoo, which was a celebrated attraction at the time. The film showed the crowds as well as Brumas.

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50 seconds