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Weavers, The: Wasn’t That a Time? (1981 Film)

Director

Jim Brown

Producer

Jim Brown; H Leventhal; George C Stoney

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A portrait of the Weavers - Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman and Lee Hays - as they prepare for a final reunion concert (November 1980) in Carnegie Hall. An affectionate look at the group which...

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Give Us the Tools!

Date released

10 Mar 1941

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1046

NoS ID

037706

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

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

Story includes: Commander-in-Chief watches army exercises and praises Tommy’s work. The King and Queen at Ibrox Park, Glasgow More US destroyers arrive. US cable program - suggestions to Germany Harry...

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In Memory of President Roosevelt

Date released

7 May 1945

Series name

War Pictorial News

Issue no

209

NoS ID

156398

Story no

1 / 3

A memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral is attended by the Soviet Ambassador in London, the Viceroy of India, Mr Herbert Morrison, Mr Churchill, Mr Winant (the US Ambassador), King George, Queen...

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About Face (1994 Video)

Director

Mark James

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows the evolution of the self-portrait artist from being the invisible figure behind the canvas to the actual subject of the painting. Makes unexpected connections between old and new, describes some...

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British Art in the Twentieth Century (1992 Video)

Director

Richard Smith

Producer

Richard Smith

Subject

Art

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 96 min.

Five programmes covering art from the start of the century to the present and are based on a 1988 Royal Academy exhibition and showing 150 paintings and sculptures in their historical and cultural contexts:...

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Here Comes Cookie (1935 Film)

aka: Plot Thickens

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Producer

William LeBaron

Feature film farce. Gracie is the daughter of a wealthy business magnate. To prevent a gigolo (who is attempting to seduce his other daughter) from getting his fortune, the father gives all his money,...

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Understanding Shakespeare: His Stagecraft (1971 Video)

Director

W Hugh Baddeley; George Murcell

Designed to show how the physical features of the Elizabethan stage influenced the work of Shakespeare. The duties of the bookholder, the props and costumes, actors in the ‘tiring room’, and boys playing...

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Richard III (1997 Video)

Director

John Wood (4)

Video recording of John Wood’s 1997 production of Richard III for the Sratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Stephen Ouimette is Richard.

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History of British Art, A (1996 Video)

Director

Martin Davidson; Rik Lander; James Muir; Tanya Seghatchian; Paul Tickell

Producer

Gillian Greenwood

Subject

Art; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 50 min., 2003 sale: £350.00 (+VAT +p&p) series 2003 sale: £125.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Series tracing the history of British art from 1066 to the present. Presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon travels across the country, presenting a picutre of the cultural life of a nation embracing not only in...

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Farewell Israel: Bush, Iran and the Revolt of Islam (2008)

Director

Joel Gilbert

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 145 minutes), ££14.99

A political documentary revealing Israel and The West’s misunderstanding of Islam and the tragic consequences this will have. It is a historic journe, from the birth of Islam, through its 1,200 year reign...

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