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Allies Pierce Siegfried Line

Date released

8 Feb 1945

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1455

NoS ID

039481

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

British and Americans continue attacks despite winter weather.

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Sound of Jazz, The (1957 Film, Video)

Producer

Robert Herridge

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Featured artists include Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Freddy Green, Jo Jones, Emett Berry, Doc Cheatham, Benny Morton, Joe Newman, Earl Warren, Dickie Wells, Lester Young,...

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Romeo and Juliet (1956 Radio)

Series

The Charlie McCarthy Show

Director

Sam Pierce

Radio variety show. Edgar Bergen and Shirley Yamaguchi perform the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet.

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Jet Craft Pierce Sound Barrier

Date released

24 Jan 1949

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1868

NoS ID

041483

Story no

3 / 7

Pilotless aircraft launched from mother-plane attains fastest recorded flight. Captain Yaegar makes aviation history by piercing sound barrier.

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Catch-As-Catch-Can

Date released

2 Sep 1926

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

784-1

NoS ID

130756

Story no

7 / 7

[SUBTITLE]: "Middlesex County Championship Tournament held at Finsbury Park to revive interest in the sport. "Yukio Tani - the famous Japanese wrestler"." Middlesex amateur championship wrestling at Finsbury...

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Atomic Cafe, The (1982 Video)

Director

Jayne Loader; Kevin Rafferty; Pierce Rafferty

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale (video - retail), Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 89 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

Using American atomic propaganda from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s with no narration, the film exposes the lunacy that gripped the USA at the height of the Cold War, telling its story by juxtaposing excerpts...

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Usta High Performance Tennis: The Serve - Video (2002 Video)

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 24 min), £24.94 (inclusive)

Looks at the techniques of consistency, accuracy, disguise, power and variety used by top tennis servers including Pete Sampras, Venus and Seran Williams, Marat Safin, Richard Krajicek, Lindsay Davenport,...

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Room with a View, A (1985 Video)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 minutes), £19.99

Film adaptation of the novel by E.M. Forster about an innocent Edwardian girl travelling in Italy who has her eyes opened to real life and romance. DVD Extras: Remastered; Commentary from Simon Callow,...

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Frederick Ashton’s the Dream - American Ballet Theatre (2004 Television, Video)

aka: Dream, The

Director

Matthew Diamond

Produced to pay homage to the centenary of Frederick Ashton’s birth. The Dream was Ashton’s contribution towards Britain’s celebration of Shakespeare’s quatercentenary. He condenses the plot of A...

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Otello (2011 Radio)

Series

Afternoon on 3: Opera Matinee

Radio broadcast. Verdi’s opera from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester with Clifton Forbis in the title role. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic. Introduced by Louise Fryer.

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