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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Taxi Anti-Thug Device

Date released

13 Oct 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

958

NoS ID

014709

Story no

2 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Anti-Thug Taxi Device. DESCRIPTION: A device which automatically sounds an alarm when a taxi driver is attacked. SHOTLIST: KS Taxi drives along road to standstill. Driver looks into...

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Oath, The (2010)

Director

Laura Poitras

Subject

Arabic studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £9.99

Two men who were part of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network look back on their past in this documentary from director Laura Poitras. Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, Abu Jandal was one of bin Laden’s...

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Policeman on rape in taxi (1995)

Genre

Interview

Nick Wood interviews Detective Inspector Ray Needham of Chelsea Police Station about a search in West London for a man who raped a woman in the back of a taxi. On whether it was a licensed taxi driver...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.2: Programme 2 of a weekly news and sports review (1986)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 2 Programme 2 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 24 October 1986. Presented by GUY HORNSBY. TRACK...

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Taxi Drivers Answer Back

Date released

10 Jun 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1775

NoS ID

025132

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Taxi Drivers Answer Back. DESCRIPTION: In Southern Germany taxi drivers have a grim reason for using strong language. Every week, more of them are killed or maimed in attacks by thugs....

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Taxi driver strikes (1979)

Genre

Interview

Taxi drivers’ union leader (not identified - poss. Harry Feigan) speaks to Brian Hayes about the threat of anarchy in the cab trade if wages and working conditions do not improve, and warns of the...

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Taxi Drivers’ Outing

Date released

31 Jul 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2252

NoS ID

029493

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Taxi Drivers’ Outing. DESCRIPTION: Every year some of London’s taxi drivers take children for a day at the seaside. There to greet them was Jimmy Saville. SHOTLIST: SV taxi loaded...

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GLC scheme for elderly using taxis (1984)

Genre

Interview

Interview with taxi driver Malcolm Cleaves on the GLC scheme to help senior citizens with taxi fares. Male interviewer not identified.

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New London taxi fare tariff problems (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with taxi owner-driver Bob Lambert on the new London fare tariff and problems over the increased prices, which are currently not being displayed to passengers on taxi meters. Female interviewer not...

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Taxi driver tortured in his home (1991)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the attempted murder of a taxi driver in his own flat. The victim, Harry Cole, was tortured and hung from the ceiling before being shot with a shotgun. Detective Superintendent John Bassett...

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