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Gas Blast Havoc

Date released

23 May 1932

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

195

NoS ID

138800

Story no

5 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Mystery explosion destroys big buildings and causes twenty-nine casualties at Detroit.

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Detroit (2017)

Director

Kathryn Bigelow

Subject

American Studies; Film studies

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 143 minutes), £4.99

A report of gunshots prompts the Detroit Police to search the Algiers Motel. A group of young people staying there are forcefully and viciously interrogated by the riot task force. By the end of the night,...

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Globe Restored, The (1979 Radio)

Producer

John Rowell

Radio broadcast. In 1971 the fist World Shakespeare Congress passed a resolution expressing the hope that a studied effort will soon be made to build a full-scale reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Globe...

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Requiem for Detroit (2010)

Director

Julien Temple

Subject

American Studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £195.00

A BBC documentary about the story of Detroit’s automotive industry. Using extraordinary archive footage, including vivid projections of the city’s heyday on its now abandoned buildings, the testimony of...

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Pictures of the Terrible Tragedy of Speed at Detroit

Date released

31 Dec 1931

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

154

NoS ID

138435

Story no

9 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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News Flashes - Stop Press

Date released

4 Sep 1941

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1097

NoS ID

037952

Story no

6 / 8

Extras

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

Detroit transport strike holds up workers.

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Detroit: Ruin of a City (2005)

Director

Michael Chanan; Ralph Steiner

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 92 minutes), £115.00 [University rate]

Once an industrial powerhouse and the hub of the American automobile industry, Detroit is now in serious decline and one of the poorest, most segregated cities in the USA. With the participation of Detroit...

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Anti-Strike Bill Stirs US Labour

Date released

5 May 1947

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1688

NoS ID

040522

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

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

Half-million Detroit auto employees stop work as protestation [sic] against anti-strike laws. San Francisco has mass picketing by telephone strikers.

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Speed Limit "Detroit"

Date released

14 Feb 1927

Series name

Empire News Bulletin

Issue no

83

NoS ID

047903

Story no

6 / 8

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Link of Nations

Date released

20 Nov 1930

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

38

NoS ID

156941

Story no

8 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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