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CRUISING UP THE RIVER

Date released

Nov 1951

Series name

Mining Review 5th Year

Issue no

3

NoS ID

345721

Story no

1 / 4

BFI synopsis: barge transport of coal to London’s power stations; follows the journey from Dartford to the power station at Kingston using Thames barge the "Tyburn Brook". NCB Commentary - Feeding power...

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China: Acrobats (1980 Video)

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 48 min.

Before 1949 and Liberation, acrobats in China were likened to tramps, thieves and vagabonds. After the Revolution, new attitudes to all forms of art were adopted and acrobats were re-established amongst the...

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King Lear: Reflections (1988 Television, Video)

Four dramas exploring some of the themes from King Lear, including the relationship between Lear and his daughters and Gloucester and his sons. They take the form of two plays, each in two parts. The Mistake...

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Globe Puts Shakespeare Shorts on Big Screen

Date

19 Nov 2015, 16:52

Author

BUFVC-user34036

Post Type

Post

Short film versions of Shakespeare's 37 plays are to be shown on giant screens next year to mark the 400th anniversary of his death. Actors are being dispatched around the world to film their lines on...

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In Spite of the Weather.

Date released

1962

Series name

Mining Review Composite Editions

NoS ID

346597

Story no

4 / 4

BFI synopsis: The Royal Show on Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, which goes on in spite of stands being wrecked by bad weather some days before.

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China: Ballet (1980 Video)

Director

Charles Nairn

Producer

Charles Nairn

Subject

Dance; Politics & government

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

The Peking ballet was turned into a ‘model’ company by Chiang Ching during the time of Mao Tse-Tung’s leadership. This film describes what became of the company during that time. It gives a sense of...

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Teenage Consumer, The (1990 Multimedia)

Subject

Design

Distribution

out of distribution, 36 slides. col.

Images from advertising, pop music, magazines and films directed at the 1950s British teenager.

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Greatest Paper in the World, The (1984 Video)

Producer

Robert Fleming

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

Surveys the history of ‘The Times’ from the early influential editors to the strike in the late 1970s. The second half of the programme concentrates on Rupert Murdoch’s policies in running a paper and...

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Power Boat

Date released

Feb 1951

Series name

Mining Review 4th Year

Issue no

6

NoS ID

345689

Story no

2 / 4

BFI Summary - the Rover gas turbine launch. BFI synopsis: The launch - "Torquil" - put through its paces on the River Thames, also shows the engine being checked.

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(Untitled record)

Date released

3 Sep 1928

Series name

British Screen Tatler

Issue no

5

NoS ID

330301

Story no

3 / 6

NoS synopsis: Bungalow Island on the Thames.

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