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Trainee Agriculture Inspectors

Date released

21 Jan 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/7

NoS ID

112917

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

A new force of "Quality Inspectors" from the Ministry of Agriculture is moving into action to ensure that "Buying British" means buying the best. Home grown fruit and vegetables are now coming under the eyes...

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Wedgwood Pottery

Date released

Jan 1970

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

92

NoS ID

327956

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: The extraction and treatment of high quality china clay from Cornish hillsides, and traditional skills which are still vital for the production of Wedgwood pottery.

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Random Sculpture

Date released

3 Jun 1965

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

545

NoS ID

121655

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Pauline Brooks is a housewife who spends her spare time seeking out and creating sculptures amongst the tangled metal and industrial waste of a scrap yard. Chunks of iron and chromium reveal...

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BIF Opens

Date released

30 Apr 1953

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

53/31

NoS ID

105297

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

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

The British Industries Fair opens in Birmingham (as in London) and displays some of Britain’s finest new quality goods designed for world markets.

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Londons water supplies contaminated (1990)

Genre

Interview

Environmental health officers who surveyed 25 London boroughs have reported water supplies are contaminated with weedkillers.They say there is no health risk. Graham Jukes, under secretary at the Institution...

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The Queen of the ocean (1987)

A dramatised documentary to mark the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, which was built in Belfast by the shipping company Harland and Wolff. She was the pride of Belfast city with her quality...

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Chris Smith on drinking water ruling (1992)

Genre

Interview

Paul Rowley interviews Labour Party environment spokesman Chris Smith about a ruling by the European Court that British water companies have not maintained sufficient standards of purity in drinking water....

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Lorry on Cups Test

Date released

28 Jul 1958

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

187

NoS ID

120590

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: The delicacy of bone china is almost legendary - it has the translucent quality and fragile appearance of a bird’s egg - but don’t let the look of it fool you. In this impressive...

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Pottery

Date released

20 May 1957

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

125

NoS ID

120386

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: To maintain its world-wide reputation for quality, a famous pottery firm near Stoke-on-Trent is bringing science to its aid. Every item produced here is placed under the revealing lens of a...

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Portable Swimming Pool

Date released

1 Sep 1958

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

192

NoS ID

120605

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: At a factory [Microcell] in Camberley, Surrey, we see something of the skill and care which goes into the complex task of turning ordinary glass into glass fibre, a material twice as strong...

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