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Borstal Training

Date released

1971

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

659

NoS ID

328900

Story no

1 / 1

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Half a Lifetime (1969 Film)

Subject

Medical sciences; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the heroin addict filmed in THE ADDICT ALONE some two-and-a-half years later. He is still on drugs in spite of a year in Borstal, and his condition is worse. The life of other addicts in London is...

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Boys in Brown, The (1949 Film)

Director

Montgomery Tully

Producer

Antony Darnborough

Feature film. The governor of a borstal tries to reform a group of inmates through understanding rather than punishment. Includes a scene in which six would-be escapees enact Brutus’ death scene (V v) from...

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Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The (2003)

Director

Tony Richardson

Producer

Michael Holden; Tony Richardson

Subject

Literature; Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £17.99 (BFI)

Feature film adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his own short story. A borstal boy finds freedom in the solitude of cross-country running. When his sporting prowess catches the eye of the governor he is coached...

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Supposing -! A Little Fantasy by the Nutty Nib (and Joe Noble)

Date released

14 Jan 1932

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

554

NoS ID

332900

Story no

3 / 5

NoS Summary - Joe Noble animation about men becoming more feminine in their dress. British Pathe synopsis: Animation by Joe Noble. "Adam is fond of designing Eve’s clothes - why shouldn’t she have a try...

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