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Young Russia Tries English

Date released

11 Feb 1960

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

60/13

NoS ID

109035

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

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

Schools in Southern Russia put English first in foreign languages.

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Linguists, The (2008)

Director

Seth Kramer; Daniel A. Miller; Jeremy Newberger

Subject

Anthropology; Languages

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 65 minutes), $300.00

Like modern-day explorers, the two academics featured in The Linguists travel to forgotten places around the globe to unearth rare treasures—in this case, endangered languages. On a shoestring budget,...

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Signing Shakespeare (2022 Video)

Online video presentation by Dr Tracy Irish (Royal Shakespeare Company) and Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall (Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham) about the ‘Signing Shakespeare project’ being run...

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V S Pritchett on English language and career (1980)

Genre

Interview; Discussion

Interview with British writer and critic V S Pritchett (Victor Sawdon Pritchett), on his upbringing, the use of English in the modern world, the standard of modern literature and criticism, and his own work....

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Focus: The Thomas Hardy Collection (1986)

Sean Street visits Dorchester Library to see the unique set of items owned and by Thomas Hardy. He talks to Deputy Librarian Ian Lewis who explains how this Special Collection started. It is a huge Catalogue...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Pope John Paul II assassination attempt (1981)

Genre

News report; Special

Broadcasts in various languages from Vatican Radio announcing and describing the attempted assassination and wounding of Pope John Paul II (Karol Jozef Wojtyla) in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Language change in Gibraltar (1982)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker on how language in Gibraltar has changed since the border with Spain was opened, and why he likes living in Gibraltar. Female interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Printing

Date released

Jun 1963

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

14

NoS ID

327570

Story no

4 / 7

NoS synopsis: Visits a factory in eastern England which prints books in English and other languages which are intended for the Asian market.

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Royals visit France (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Tin Marshall reports from France where the Prince and Princess of Wales are visiting. Includes shopkeeper on Princess Diana’s taste for men’s pyjamas and speech by Prince Charles to Franco-British...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

World Jewish Congress marks War anniversary (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

The 45th anniversary of the end of World War II has been marked by the World Jewish Congress with a ceremony at the Wannsee Villa, the lakeside mansion in Berlin where, in 1942, a dozen high-ranking Nazi...

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