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News in Flashes: Stop Press

Date released

16 Feb 1950

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1979

NoS ID

042209

Story no

5 / 8

Photographers in big numbers visit Lacock Abbey, home of inventor of photography, Fox Talbot, on one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth.

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Birth: Eight Women’s Stories (1993 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 70 min., 2006 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Follows eight women giving birth in varying circumstances including: natural birth - at home and in hospital; caesarian birth; twin birth; water birth.

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Birth of the Stratford Festival (1953 Radio)

Radio documentary on the first Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival relating how the Festival was conceived, financed and realised and how the audience viewed the first performance of Richard III which...

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Gentle Birth Choices (2002)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, VHS (46 minutes), £13.99

Illustrates the possibilities of natural childbirth. It dispels commonly held beliefs about water birth, midwives, vaginal birth after caesarean, birth centres and circumcision. Features six births showing...

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Developing Midwifery Skills: Looking Forward to a Home Birth (1998)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 25 minutes), £60.00

Midwives often find themselves in uncharted territory when asked to help women who plan to give birth at home. Trained in hospital, some midwives lack confidence in their skills and are anxious about safety....

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Born (2008)

Director

Judith Kurutac; Andy Lawrence

Subject

Anthropology; Medical sciences; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 56 minutes), £50.00

This documentary was made by Andy Lawrence in collaboration with independent midwife Judith Kurutac. They met in Kurutac’s thirteenth year of practice when she supported Lawrence’s partner, Helen...

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Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2004)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 37 minutes), £19.99

The Cirque du Soleil’S JOURNEY OF MAN is a breathtaking odyssey that follows the stages of human development from birth to maturity. From the opening explosion of light and sound that represents the...

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Not Me Alone (1971 Film)

Subject

Medical sciences; Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Deals with a young couple having their first baby. It covers childbirth training courses, practice sessions at home, labour, delivery of the baby, delivery of the placenta, caring for the baby in the...

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Breastfeeding: If You Want to, You Can (1988 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 70 min., 1998 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p) Uniview

A guide to breastfeeding, taking the mother step-by-step from the first moments after birth, through the post-natal ward, the early days at home, getting out an about, back to work, and weaning. Midwives and...

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Health (1999 Video)

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Sale - see BEYOND RED, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

Three 8-minute films: 1) FIGHTING AIDS: The thriving industrial town of Verkhnaya Salda has been devastated by an AIDS epidemic. Economic crisis has led to the total collapse of social welfare systems and...

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