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Death of Sammy Davis, Jr. (1990)

Genre

Interview; Obituary

Sammy Davis, Jr. - singer, dancer, actor and member of the so-called Rat Pack - has died of throat cancer. Andy Stenton looks back at his life and career. Includes archive interview clips with Davis on...

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Allies’ Week Opens in Cairo

Date released

28 Jun 1943

Series name

War Pictorial News

Issue no

112

NoS ID

156185

Story no

1 / 3

Lord Killearn, Nahas Pasha and the Chinese General Chung attend a reception in the gardens of the Anglo-American Union. The party is in honour of five hundred Allied officers and its aim is to create...

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US Presidential pre-election special (1980)

Genre

Debate; Documentary; Election coverage; Interview; Music; Special; Speech; Vox pop

Capital Radio special report investigating the process, election issues and candidates for the US Presidential elections this year. Speaking are: Time Magazine’s London correspondent, Bonnie Angelo;...

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A question of race (1981)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Music; Special; Speech

A Question of Race. Part 2: Strange Fruit. A documentary presented by John Thompson covering race relations. Part 2 looks at the results of racist ideology. Topics covered include: Nazi Germany and the...

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International Women’s Day Concert 2018 (2018)

aka: BBC Concert Orchestra and Jane Glover: International Women’s Day Concert

Subject

Music; Women’s studies

A group of academics spent 12 months tracking down the lost music of five forgotten women composers, who range from an 18th-century Viennese child prodigy to an award-winning African-American symphonist. All...

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Tunisian Victory (1943 Video)

aka: Why we Fight - Tunisian Victory

Producer

Roy Boulting; Frank Capra; Hugh Stewart

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), £15.99

Official British war film. Covers period from 8th November 1942 to May 1943 - the invasion of North Africa to the fall of Tunis. In 1942 the Allies launched the largest amphibious assault of the war thus far...

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Black History: From Civil War Through Today (2008)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1080 minutes), £39.99

DISC 1 IN THE BEGINNING The Civil War - A vivid dramatization of the war which shaped the social landscape for black Americans for centuries to come. The Plantation System - A stark portrayal of plantation...

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Shakespeare (1987 Television)

Series

Cosby Show, The

Director

Jay Sandrich

US television sitcom about the Huxtable family, an African-American family living in New York City. Dr Heathcliff (`Cliff’) Huxtable (Cosby) is a obstetrician, and his wife Clair (Rashid), is an attorney;...

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King Lear (2004 Video)

Director

Harold Scott

A video recording of a production of King Lear with an all African-American cast. Directed for the stage by Harold Scott and videotaped for TOFT (Theatre on Film and Tape) by Patrick Hoffmann. The play is...

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Easter Parade

Date released

25 Apr 1976

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2447

NoS ID

030809

Story no

3 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Easter Parade. DESCRIPTION: The sun shone on the colourful Easter Parade through Battersea Park. Among the attractions were several bands, a colourful float of spring flowers from...

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