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Change At The Tower

Date released

1967

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

443

NoS ID

350633

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: A look at the day-to-day running of the Tower of London and how it copes with up to 16,000 visitors each day.

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Besieged Fortress, The (2011)

aka: Citadelle Assiégée, La

Director

François Calderon; Thierry Commissionat; Benoît Tschieret

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 81 minutes)

A look at a colony of termites as it battles for survival against a flood and an invading ant army. Director Philippe Calderon uses macrophotography to find out what happens to a swarming colony of termites...

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Masters of Defence (1990 Video)

Producer

Colin Still

A history of swordplay tracing the evolution of civilian swords and fighting techniques from the street fights of the 16th century to the swordplay of the 18th century fencing schools, drawing on texts and...

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Zika Tower - Virus Research

Date released

1968

Series name

London Line

Issue no

208

NoS ID

350426

Story no

3 / 4

NoS synopsis: About a 120 foot steel tower in the Zika forest in Uganda which is used for collecting mosquitoes and other specimens for research. Shows the reporter and members of the research team acsending...

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Street Markets

Date released

1979

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

1096

NoS ID

329337

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Street markets are as much a part of the London tourist scene as Buckingham Palace or the Tower... antiques, clothes, fruit and vegetables, whatever you’re looking for you’ll find a market...

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Down London River

Date released

1959

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

16

NoS ID

349640

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Travelogue of the River Thames. Shot of: Big Ben: the Embankment: people boarding a pleasure boat at Westminster: people buy tickets: the steamer sets off: the Houses of Parliament (73):...

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John Smith Box Set (2011)

Director

John Smith

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 295 minutes), £104.00

This 3 DVD set contains a substantial collection of John Smith’s film and video works made between 1975 and 2007. Inspired by the Structural Materialist ideas that dominated British artists’ filmmaking...

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Thomas More (2005 Video)

Director

Robert Delamere

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2005 production of Thomas More. Directed by Robert Delamere with Nigel Cooke as Sir Thomas More.

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End of the Ivory Tower, The (1986 Video)

Director

Paul Foxall

Subject

Education

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Aims to introduce to business and industrial audiences the scope for, and advantages of, links with universities. Many industrialists may be unaware of the wide range of links available. They need to be...

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High Living

Date released

1968

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

467

NoS ID

350662

BFI synopsis: Looks at the problems of housing and growing population in Britain, and the styles of building being adopted to help the situation in the future, namely by high rise blocks of flats. New blocks...

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