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Athletes

Filmed

1976

Series name

London Line

Issue no

1

NoS ID

350710

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Man has always searched for perfection... but how can he measure the success of his labour? There is no yardstick, except perhaps in the world of athletics. Once every four years the cream of...

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That Energetic Feeling

Date released

11 Dec 1930

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

497

NoS ID

332598

Story no

1 / 6

NoS Summary - women cross-country runners compared to their African sisters. NoS synopsis: "Down in Essex, when the girls get that "do do something" feeling, they take to running - and all the...

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Story of English, The (1998 Video)

Producer

Pater Dale; Vivian Ducat

1: The diversity of ‘varieties’ of English in use throughout the world including public school/Oxbridge, post-colonial in India and Africa, feminist, high-tech, American, Pacific Basin, gay, academic....

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Challenge in Nigeria

Date released

Jun 1948

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

19

NoS ID

347027

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Shows some problems to be faced before Nigeria can hope to become an independent nation within the Commonwealth. Different races and religions in Nigeria to be integrated - The Moslem...

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Coi Collection: Vol 7: The Queen on Tour (2012)

Subject

Geography; History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 234 minutes), £19.99

To coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this seventh compilation of films made by the Central Office of Information (COI) presents colour footage of the Queen and the Royal Family travelling the...

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Mother: Caring for Seven Billion (2011)

aka: Mother: Caring for 7 Billion

Director

Christophe Fauchere

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £39.50

Since the 1960s world population has nearly doubled and now tops seven billion. Population growth, though little discussed, is putting an unprecedented burden on the planet’s life systems. This film brings...

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Matter of Life and Debt, A (3 Parts) (1987 Video)

Director

Stephen White

Producer

Stephen White

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 3 x 60 min.

Three programmes on the global debt crisis. Part 1 asks have our personal accounts and savings been put at risk by the lending policies of the banks? Part 2 looks at the success of the International Monetary...

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The Visit of Earl Home

Date released

1957

Series name

Rhodesian Spotlight

Issue no

60

NoS ID

351846

Story no

3 / 6

Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - Arriving at the Prime Minister’s office in Salisbury is the British Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, Lord Home. He was in the Federation for three weeks. Among matters...

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First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture (2010)

Director

David Sheen

Subject

Architecture; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 90 minutes), $19.95

FIRST EARTH is about a massive paradigm shift for shelter—building healthy houses in the old ways, out of the very earth itself, and living together like in the old days, by recreating villages. An...

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100th Edition

Date released

5 Apr 1943

Series name

War Pictorial News

Issue no

100

NoS ID

156166

Story no

2 / 2

Greece. Commonwealth forces shipped across Mediterranean to help Greece (delayed German offensive against Russia for six weeks). British warships in the Battle of Matapan. British triumphs over Italian...

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