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Yachting in the 1930s (1991 Video)

Producer

Philip Sugg

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Archive film from the National Maritime Museum’s collection showing yachting in the 1930s. Film of four great yachts - ‘Britannia’, ‘Velsheder’, ‘Astra’ and ‘Westward’ in action in the...

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Korea: Back to 38th Parallel - President Truman

Date released

17 Jul 1950

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2022

NoS ID

042486

Story no

5 / 5

a. American recruiting stations are busy coping with call up. b. Canada sends three cruisers to Far East. c. Amphibious vehicles embark from California beach. d. Dean Acheson tells Press that Yugoslavian...

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Odeon Cavalcade (1973)

Director

Barry Clayton

Subject

Architecture; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £50.00

The Odeon chain of cinemas was notable for the Art Deco style of the buildings themselves. Under the auspices of the chain’s owner Oscar Deutsch, architects Harry Weedon and Cecil Clavering, influenced by...

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Restoration of a Painting, The (1976 Film, Video)

Director

Peter H Coltman

Producer

Peter H Coltman

Subject

Art

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows some of the basic processes used in cleaning and restoring oil paintings on canvas. About the methods of Harry Woolford, who recently retired from the post of chief restorer to the National Galleries...

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30s Britain Volume 2: North Sea (2006)

Director

John Grierson; Alberto Cavalcanti; Humphrey Jennings; Ralph Elton

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 86 minutes), £12.99

Collection of films from the GPO Film Unit. ‘North Sea’ (1938) directed by Harry Watt. An Aberdeen trawler in trouble gets assistance from Wick coastguard radio station, operated by the GPO. The first...

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Monty Reports on Berlin

Date released

12 Apr 1948

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1786

NoS ID

041004

Story no

4 / 4

Field Marshal Montgomery flies to German capital to investigate situation after collision of British air-liner and Soviet fighter. German prisoners of war return to Berlin from Russian zone, being no longer...

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Now It Can Be Told (2014 Video)

aka: School for Danger

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), £19.99

Studies the work carried out during World War 2 by Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents who were trained to assist resistance groups in their fight against Hitler. Two actual British agents, Captain...

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Britain Can Take It (1940 Video)

Director

Humphrey Jennings; Harry Watt

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 9 min.

'The film was a collaboration by the whole unit. Everything else stopped for it’ Harry Watt has said. ‘I think I wrote the script. At least I wrote it down, but let us say it was a communal script. It...

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Curtain Up

Series name

Rhodesian Spotlight

Issue no

39

NoS ID

351959

Story no

3 / 7

Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - Leading London stage personality, Joyce Grenfell, arrives in Lusaka for an important function. She was met by her brother-in-law, Harry Grenfell, a driving force behind the...

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People in the News

Date released

5 Feb 1951

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2145

NoS ID

151751

Story no

3 / 3

Record flight from New York (48 feet) General Eisenhower greeted by his family (40 feet) French premier with Mr Truman (25 feet) General Macarthur’s birthday parade (25 feet) UN artillery in Korea (35...

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