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United Nations in a Pub

Date released

25 Feb 1965

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1864A

NoS ID

025884

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: United Nations in a Pub. DESCRIPTION: People of more than 20 nationalities live within the area of the Steam Engine in Peterborough. The pub has become a social centre for them. The...

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Viscount Nuffield - A Tribute

Date released

26 Aug 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1786

NoS ID

025220

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nuffield Obituary. DESCRIPTION: William Richard Morris, first Viscount Nuffield, was born in 1877. He was created a Viscount in 1938. Lord Nuffield made millions - and gave millions...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Rangoon Resolute

Date released

9 Feb 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

662

NoS ID

012138

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rangoon. DESCRIPTION: Rangoon, the capital of Burma, has already suffered badly from bombing. Fighter pilots originally trained to help the Chinese defend the Burma Road, now go into...

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Dread, Beat an’ Blood (1980)

aka: Dread, Beat and Blood

Director

Franco Rosso

Producer

Franco Rosso

Subject

Literature; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (45 minutes), £50.00

Profile of Linton Kwesi Johnson whose poetry is rooted very strongly in feelings of marginalisation and alienation found within urban black populations in the UK. Johnson, born in Jamaica in 1952, has...

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Blue Moment (2016)

Subject

Social Studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £20.00

This film of resilience and solidarity uncovers the mystery of a young woman from Africa who has arrived in Britain after being persecuted in her own country. Alongside her story are the perspectives of the...

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Our kind of town (1980)

Genre

Interview; Music; Documentary

This week’s edition of Our Kind of Town is presented by Richard Robbins. In the first part he interviews Laura Charteris, Duchess of Marlborough, about her life and her autobiography, Laughter on a Cloud....

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Lidice Shall Live

Date released

14 Sep 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

693

NoS ID

012434

Story no

2 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lidice Shall Live. DESCRIPTION: The "Lidice-shall-live" Movement, conceived in Britain very soon after the Nazis’ brutal blotting-out of the Czechoslovak village, received its...

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Broadwater Farm riots aftermath (1985)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; News report; Vox pop

After the Broadwater Farm estate riots; a round-up of opinions on the riots, police handling of them and what can be done to solve the problems of inner cities and improve race relations. Speaks with some of...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: His Majesty and London Welcome UNO

Date released

14 Jan 1946

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

867

NoS ID

013690

Story no

3 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: His Majesty and London Welcome UNO. DESCRIPTION: A Royal banquet preceded the first Assembly of the United Nations Organisation. The following day delegates from fifty one countries met...

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Roof Over Their Heads: a Victory Special Report on the Homeless Persons Act of ?1977 or 1983 - nd [1977-1983]

ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] A special programme about homeless people, produced by Radio Victory, for broadcast after the Homeless Persons Act of ?1977. Presented by JANE YOUNG....

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