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Iceland Visit: First Pictures - Mix To

Date released

25 Aug 1941

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1094

NoS ID

037935

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

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

Filmed for the Newsreel Association of Great Britain by WM Macgregor and RL Read with the co-operation of the Ministry of Information - mix to - Personal narration by two of the men who voyaged with Premier...

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Glorious Mud

Date released

1964

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

254

NoS ID

350175

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: The story of mud in our lives, from the motorcyclist and sports car enthusiasts contending with it to the men who dig out fuller’s earth for industry.

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Pictures that live - "The Rehearsal"

Date released

3 Dec 1931

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

548

NoS ID

332870

Story no

4 / 8

NoS Summary - Young ballet dancers pose and dance for the camera. British Pathe synopsis: All images in this story are seen through a picture frame device. Image of four girls dressed in ballet tutus. One...

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Final Reel, The (2016)

aka: The Final Reel: The Story of Our Love Affairs with Cinemas

Director

Jonathan Blagrove

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £10.99

From the early days of silent cinema, through the golden age of the picture palace to the modern multiplexes and beyond, this documentary takes an affectionate and entertaining look at Britain’s obsession...

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Two Peoples One Purpose

Date released

14 Apr 1941

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1056

NoS ID

037762

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Lord Halifax with leading Americans forms a lead into an impartial review by Americans of the American strikes. Our story includes: New Mediation Committee How strikes affect defence plans Dramatic first...

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Making Your Mind: Molecules, Motion and Memory (2008)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences; Psychology

Distribution

DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 240 minutes), free

Is there any more to mind than the brain? Does experience shape the way our brain develops? When we learn something new is our brain physically altered? In four 60-minute presentations, Dr. Thomas M. Jessell...

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Our Daily Bread (1934 Video)

aka: Miracle of Life, The 1

Director

King Vidor

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 109 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Tells the story of a young couple in financial trouble who decide to take over an abandoned farm owned by the husband’s uncle. With the help of a local Swedish farmer they make it productive, and gradually...

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In the Shadow of the Sun (2013)

Director

Harry Freeland

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 84 minutes), £9.99

In Tanzania, witch doctors are spreading a belief that the body parts of albino people will bring wealth and good fortune. Referred to as ‘White Ghosts’ and ‘Devils’ within their communities, the...

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Most of Our Universe is Missing (2007)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

We can only account for a tiny percentage of our universe - around 4% - so what is the remaining 96% made of? The current favoured thinking relies on the existence of dark matter: a substance you can’t...

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Destination Titan (2011)

Subject

Astronomy; Space science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £10.00

The Hugyens probe was the most distant vessel to land anywhere in our solar system. Stunning images and data were sent back from Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. The scientific instruments aboard the probe...

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