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  1. Harry by Gas Light

    Date released
    21 Feb 1966
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1916
    NoS ID
    026336
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Harry By Gas Light. DESCRIPTION: The last real lamplighter of London, Harry Brightwell does his rounds of the 102 lights in the Temple. The remaining gas lamps are being replaced with...

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  2. A Grid for Gas

    Date released
    1960
    Series name
    Home and Away
    Issue no
    18
    NoS ID
    352840
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI Summary - A look at the Scottish Gas Board. The item opens with a brief shot of a gas lamp and gas cooker, illustrating the uses to which gas is put, and an exterior of the Scottish Gas Board works at...

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  3. Heated Street

    Date released
    21 Dec 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1281
    NoS ID
    018954
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heated Streets. DESCRIPTION: In Bremen, an experiment is conducted in street-heating, by means of a special kind of gas-lamp. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Elevated view of street. People pass...

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  4. Railways - Past and Future

    Date released
    26 Aug 1965
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1890A
    NoS ID
    026120
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Railways - Past and Future. DESCRIPTION: At Southport’s Chapel Street Station an auction of around four hundred railway relics. Next April British Rail are introducing a service...

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  5. Old Lamps for Sale

    Date released
    18 Aug 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1524
    NoS ID
    022549
    Story no
    5 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Old Lamps for Sale. DESCRIPTION: Greenwich by gas-light is now a thing of the past: the old lamps have been taken down, but a thoughtful Authority has realised the antiques have a...

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  6. Do-It-Yourself Exhibition

    Date released
    4 Sep 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2257
    NoS ID
    029549
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Do-It-Yourself Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: Do it yourself, at Olympia, the exhibition for the not so handy handymen. SHOTLIST: CU poster Do-It-Yourself Exhibition. GV interior exhibition....

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  7. LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS

    Date released
    Jun 1964
    Series name
    Mining Review 17th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    346248
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: A look at the miner’s safety lamp. NCB Commentary - They used to say "Don’t go down the mine, daddy," but for hundreds of years miners have done just that. In the early years the coal was...

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  8. BURNING BRIGHT

    Date released
    Sep 1954
    Series name
    Mining Review 8th Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    345843
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI Summary - teaching lamp testing station. NCB Commentary - These are bulbs for miners’ cap lamps. Thousands of them are in use at all hours of the day and night in Britain’s collieries, and of the...

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  9. Power Cuts

    Date released
    17 Feb 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2228A
    NoS ID
    029258
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Power Cuts. DESCRIPTION: Power cuts are having far reaching effects on Industry and Home. It’s estimated that 20 million people will have their work affected. There could be massive...

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  10. STORM WARNING

    Date released
    Jul 1956
    Series name
    Mining Review 9th Year
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    345920
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI synopsis: barometric alarm for shotfirers at Groesfaen NCB Commentary - At Groesfaen colliery, overlooking the Rhymney valley, shot firer Tom Jones prepares to go on shift. A quick check on how the...

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