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The Ladies

Date released

1962

Series name

The Way Ahead (Wyvern)

Issue no

6

NoS ID

352976

Story no

3 / 5

NoS synopsis: Nearly 30,000 women work for British Rail. Stories of 8 women - Crossing Keeper at Kempton, Hostess on Derby Station, Lookout for P.Way gang, Signal Box Keeper at Anderstaff Lane, Burton.

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Online Storage and Retrieval (1984 Video)

Subject

Information technology; Librarianship

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videodisc. Philips Laservision VP705 or VP835. BBC Model B microcomputer with disk drive (40 track).

An interactive videodisc describing the storage and retrieval of bibliographic information. It is based on a conventional training course for online searches. A ‘to camera’ presentation, set in a...

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British Empire’s New Waterway

Date released

May 1936

Series name

The March of Time 2nd Year

Issue no

6

NoS ID

352146

Story no

1 / 3

The March of Time synopsis: Once again the 30-year-old spectre of the St. Lawrence Seaway threatens New Orleans’ 50-mile waterfront. Word comes that the new Congress will reconsider the treaty with Canada,...

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REAPING THE WIND

Date released

Dec 1951

Series name

Mining Review 5th Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

345727

Story no

3 / 3

BFI synopsis: a windmill electricity generator at Costa Head in Orkney. NCB Commentary - The northernmost regular air service in Britain is the run between Aberdeen and the Orkney and Shetland islands....

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Pandarus (1944 Radio)

Series

Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters

Producer

Mary Hope Allen

Radio broadcast that focuses on the character of Pandarus in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. Produced by Mary Hope Allen with commentary by Herbert Farjeon. With Max Adrian as Pandarus.

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Strange Sleep (1974 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

A dramatised history of anaesthetics with real doctors and nurses playing the part of historical characters.

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Earth Calling Basingstoke (1989 Video)

Director

Taghi Amirani

Producer

Taghi Amirani

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. Betamax. col. 52 min.

Concerns amateur astronomers who work without scientific training and with home-made, but often sophisticated equipment. Amateurs are now thought to make a valid and valuable contribution to the body of...

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Otello (1964 Radio)

Verdi’s opera relayed from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House is conducted by Georg Solti. With James McCracken as Othello and Raina Kabaiwanska as Desdemona.

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RAKE’S PROGRESS

Date released

Mar 1959

Series name

Mining Review 12th Year

Issue no

7

NoS ID

346038

Story no

4 / 4

BFI synopsis: New German tunnelling machinery brings life to a long disused pit. NCB Commentary - Brynlliw Colliery, abandoned in 1927 as uneconomic, is to live again. Reconstruction going on since 1954 is...

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New Landmark on Tyneside

Date released

1955

Series name

Babcock Review

Issue no

2

NoS ID

352814

Story no

2 / 3

Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: This item describes the erection of a 30-ton Babcock level-luffing jib crane at the Neptune shipyard of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle-on-Tyne, this being one of...

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