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Historic Taxis

Date released

16 Feb 1959

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

216

NoS ID

120685

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A man whose work also provides him with a hobby is Mr John Houghton, managing director of a London taxi hire garage. Mr Houghton collects, and refurnishes, old taxis dating back to the days...

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Hindle Wakes (1927 Video)

Director

Maurice Elvey

Producer

Maurice Elvey; Victor Saville

Subject

Drama; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. st. 115 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

A silent film version of the 1912 play by Stanley Haughton set in the Lancashire mill town of Hindle during the annual workers’ holiday. It depicts a young working-class woman’s struggle for independence...

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Shakespeare Birthday Festival, The (1928 Radio)

Radio broadcast of speeches made at the Town Hall in Stratford-upon-Avon to mark Shakespeare’s birthday. Alanson B. Houghton, the American Ambassador, talks about ‘The Immortal Memory of William...

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UN global warming report upon which scientists agree (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

A new Government plan, put forward by Margaret Thatcher, to tackle the greenhouse effect has been given a hostile reception from green groups. But scientists working on a UN report on global warming welcome...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.47: Programme 47 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

Ocean Sound This Week, No. 47 Programme 47 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 13 September 1987. Presented by PAUL EASTON....

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V.C’s Mother Hears News

Date released

3 Jan 1952

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

52/2

NoS ID

104510

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

Mrs Houghton hears of V.C award to her son Pte Speakman.

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Pollution-cutting recommendations (1994)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on pollution-cutting proposals recommended by the Royal Commission into the Environment, Pollution and Transport which could see the cost of petrol increase. With contributions from Paul Watters, AA;...

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Margaret Thatcher on the greenhouse effect (1990)

Genre

Speech

Opening a new climate research centre in Berkshire, the Prime Minister warned that without urgent measures there would be a steady rise in global temperatures next century. Margaret Thatcher has publicly...

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World outlook (1990)

Genre

Advertisement; Discussion; Interview; News bulletin; Special; Speech

Sue Ingle(?) presents World Outlook, on the latest advances and topical issues in science and the environment. Looks at global warming; phytoplankton; environmental issues in South Africa; new strain of HIV...

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SIGN OF THE TIMES

Date released

Mar 1963

Series name

Mining Review 16th Year

Issue no

7

NoS ID

346203

Story no

4 / 4

BFI synopsis: Lord Robens opens Britain’s largest outdoor illuminated sign and export of coke to a steelworks in Venezuela. NCB Commentary - On London’s Great West Road travellers pass this building;...

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