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Cave Ropemaker

Date released

5 May 1963

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

436

NoS ID

121373

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A Derbyshire cave is the workshop of seventy-eight years old Bert Marrison - the last of a line of ropemakers stretching back two hundred years. A wonderful old man - we found him still...

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Zoo for British Wild Animals

Date released

16 Feb 1964

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

477

NoS ID

121484

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: There’s a zoo for just the wild animals of Britain in the grounds of Ryber Castle, near Matlock, Derbyshire. Lord Bagot goats, Soay sheep, polecats, pine martins - it’s amazing the number...

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Eyam Well-Dressing

Date released

4 Nov 1965

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

567

NoS ID

121699

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A whole village is preparing a floral tribute in this Derbyshire village where, 300 years ago, a deadly plague killed five-sixths of the population. We see the petals being pressed into soft...

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Miners strike - Motorway blockades (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Derbyshire’s Assistant Chief Constable Tony Leonard on the danger being caused by the picketing miners blocking motorways. Male interviewer not identified.

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Twilights of Life

Date released

13 Oct 1958

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

198

NoS ID

120625

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Old age and loneliness - two factors which, sadly, so often go together. But in the Derbyshire village of Etwall, the problem has been solved by the almshouses of Sir John Port’s Hospital,...

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Kowloon Bridge sinks (1986)

Genre

Interview

Desmond King, father of a victim of the Derbyshire sinking in 09/80, gives his reaction to its sister ship, the Kowloon Bridge, splitting in two off the coast of West Cork, Ireland (22/11/86). He says they...

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Trams and Tram Museum

Date released

15 Mar 1964

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

481

NoS ID

121492

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Busman’s holiday for bus conductor Victor Whitbread of Stevenage, Herts, is building model trams - those vehicles that a whole, new generation has hardly seen. From his magnificent models...

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Burning Rope Escapologist

Date released

26 Oct 1959

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

252

NoS ID

120800

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Securely strapped in a strait-jacket, suspended upside down on a rope 30 ft above concrete, with the petrol-soaked rope burning merrily! A nightmare to most of us, but all in the day’s work...

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Roving Camera Reports: Snow in Derbyshire

Date released

24 Jan 1952

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1884

NoS ID

069684

Story no

3 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

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Cadet’s Gliding Record

Date released

30 Jul 1953

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

53/57

NoS ID

105413

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

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

18-year old Jack Whatley and his instructor set a new altitude record during the National Gliding Championships held in Derbyshire.

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