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Normandie Soon to Sail

Date released

31 Jan 1935

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

410

NoS ID

033683

Story no

5 / 7

Maiden voyage in May. Army of artisans speed up work on giant liner. France’s challenge to the "Queen Mary".

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Typeface (2011)

Subject

Crafts; Design; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in rural Two Rivers, Wisconsin, receives very few visitors except for one weekend a month when carloads of artisans arrive to attend printmaking workshops led by, and filled...

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Artisans’ Golf Championship

Date released

11 Sep 1924

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

681-1

NoS ID

129603

Story no

1 / 5

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Mr Stevens the famous railway porter golfer of Surbiton." Stevens in play and close-up. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "'Teeing up’ the luggage". Putting luggage into a van. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "'Putting’...

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Stained Glass Darkly

Date released

1973

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

129

NoS ID

329592

Story no

2 / 3

COI synopsis: When the colour in stained glass fades, the aura of stained glass windows is spirited away. Dr Newton is using the tools of the twentieth century artisan so that we can see for ourselves how...

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Stained Glass Darkly

Date released

1973

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

129

NoS ID

325546

Story no

3 / 3

COI synopsis: When the colour in stained glass fades, the aura of stained glass windows is spirited away. Dr Newton is using the tools of the twentieth century artisan so that we can see for ourselves how...

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Copperworking in Santa Clara del Cobre, MichoacÁn, Mexico: Artisans Facing Change (1989 Video)

Director

Beate Engelbrecht

Subject

Anthropology; Crafts

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 52 minutes), £50.00

Santa Clara del Cobre is a centre for the craft of copperworking, a craft originating from pre-Spanish times. As in colonial times, copper utensils are beaten into shape. In the 1940s the industry expanded...

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Kings of Pastry (2011)

Director

Chris Hegedus; D A Pennebaker

Subject

Catering; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 84 minutes), $395.00

Noted documentary filmmakers Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker cover this, never-before-filmed test of France’s finest artisans as they work under constant scrutiny of master judges and the critical...

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Secrets of Nature Pioneering Natural History Films, 1922 - 1933 (2010)

Director

Percy Smith; Mary Field

Subject

Biology; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

A digitally remastered collection of 19 British films made between 1922 and 1933 that used groundbreaking techniques to share the secrets of the natural world with cinema audiences. The pioneering series...

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Signé Chanel (2008)

aka: House of Chanel, The

Director

Loïc Prigent

Subject

Arts and Humanities; Design

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 142 minutes), £24.99

Originally made as a 5-part television series, the programmes go behind the scenes to follow the creation of Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2004-2005 Haute Couture collection, from Karl Lagerfeld’s first drawings...

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