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Sonic Aids For Blind

Date released

1965

Series name

Frontier

Issue no

12

NoS ID

324977

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Scientists in many countries are working on equipment which will aid the mobility of blind people. In this issue of Frontier, Dr L. Kay, of the Lanchester College of Technology, talks about the...

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Flamebar

Date released

1968

Series name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue no

43

NoS ID

350258

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: Michael Smee plays a blow torch on his hand... and doesn’t even notice it! A studio demonstration of a foam which provides an effective localised barrier against heat and burning.

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The Olympic Games 1948 - Special Report No 3

Date released

9 Aug 1948

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

1885

NoS ID

150147

Story no

4 / 4

Including a. The arrival of torch-bearer at Torquay, and the six metre yacht race (first day). b. Women’s springboard finals, at Empire Pool. c. The 200 metres breast-stroke (women) final. d. Hop step and...

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World at War, The. Vol 2 (6 Parts) (1973 Video)

Director

Ted Childs; Hugh Raggett; Martin Smith

Producer

Peter Batty; Ted Childs; Martin Smith

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 6 x 52 min.

1 DESERT - THE WAR IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943 - North Africa, the battle of El Alamein and Operation Torch (producer/writer Peter Batty). 2: Stalingrad, the symbol of the Soviet Union’s stubborn resistance,...

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George Barber: Cinema Pioneer

Producer

Ray Johnson

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

Made to celebrate the centenary of the opening of the very first cinema in the Potteries - Barber’s Picture Palace in Tunstall. There’s a history of film shows in the Potteries since 1896 up to the need...

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Tunisian Victory (1943 Video)

aka: Why we Fight - Tunisian Victory

Producer

Roy Boulting; Frank Capra; Hugh Stewart

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), £15.99

Official British war film. Covers period from 8th November 1942 to May 1943 - the invasion of North Africa to the fall of Tunis. In 1942 the Allies launched the largest amphibious assault of the war thus far...

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Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary (2010)

Director

Jason Scott

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 121 minutes), $40.00

The first games on home computers had limited sound, simple graphics, and tiny amounts of computing power. They were called "computer adventure games", and they used the most powerful graphics processor in...

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Introduction to Welding (4 Parts) (1998 Video)

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14, 12, 11, 11 min., 1999 sale: £29.50 each (+VAT +p&p)

Live-action videos providing for each topic: definitions, welding components, safety equipment, assembly and use of the system, the types and kinds of welds. Safety procedures are emphasised throughout,...

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"Silhouettes"

Date released

5 Sep 1929

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

431

NoS ID

332250

Story no

3 / 6

British Pathe synopsis: "Here’s a new indoor pastime for Eve - making silhouettes - " C/U of a woman’s hands as she holds a framed silhouette. "Take one small boy, one big sister, and a sheet of paper."...

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, The (1993 Video)

Director

Joe Dowling

Video recording of Joe Dowling’s 1993 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Colm Feore is Oberon and Lucy Peacock plays Titania.

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