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Reports: More fun at Monte

Date released

27 Feb 1936

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

351A

NoS ID

006231

Story no

4 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: More Fun at Monte. SHOTLIST: Shots of gaming rooms and money placed on no. The wheel spins around. Money taken by hand.

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Rough Magic: Performing Shakespeare Through Gaming Technology (2019 Video)

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Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture

Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture delivered at the Folger Shakespeare Library Elizabethan Theatre by Professor Gina Bloom. The lecture focuses on ‘The Tempest’ and examines motion capture and the use of...

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Frank Sinatra at Nevada Gaming Board hearing (1981)

Genre

Speech; Special; News report

Report and actuality from the Nevada Gaming Board hearing where singer Frank Sinatra is applying for a new licence, with Sinatra denying any dealings with the Mafia and witnesses (not identified) providing...

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Portsea Island Discs: Alan Davey, local businessman (1984)

Roger Kennedy talks to Alan Davey, a local businessman, who amongst other things, he has just taken over one of the South’s biggest night clubs within the area: the Sun’s Place Night Club in Portsmouth....

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Roulette Fashions

Date released

16 Jun 1963

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

442

NoS ID

121395

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: At London’s River Club, lovely models whirl in the latest and loveliest dresses. To change, they pass through the gaming rooms and, at first, the people playing Chemmy and Roulette, simply...

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Playboy takeover (1981)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on the takeover of the Playboy gaming interests in Britain by Trident Television after two casinos were refused license renewal largely due to foreign ownership. A statement is read on behalf of...

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Ladbrokes spokesman on lotteries (1978)

Genre

Interview

Cyril Stein of Ladbrokes, on Royal Commission on Gambling criticism of the Gaming Board over their handling of lotteries; denies claims people are pestered into buying lottery tickets; claims credit for...

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Geoffrey Howe Budget speech (Part 2) (1982)

Genre

Speech

Speech by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Geoffrey Howe on budget proposals for the year 1982-1983 (continued from Tape 1026). Includes proposals for gaming duties and fiscal issues. Some jeers from MPs in...

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Games and Shakespeare (2019 Video)

Lecture by Dr Stephen Curtis (Lancaster University), part of the Game Lab series, examining the ways in which the Bard and his works have been used as the inspiration or setting for games, both card/board...

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By the Way

Date released

22 Feb 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1707A

NoS ID

024515

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: By the Way. DESCRIPTION: This establishment near Workington is a fish and chip shop. It may not look like it, but the fact is that its enterprising proprietor, Mr Fleet, has obtained an...

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