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The Memory of Greatness

Date released

7 Nov 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1066

NoS ID

016032

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Memory of Greatness. DESCRIPTION: Movietone tribute for Remembrance Day. SHOTLIST: KS. MS book shelf, displaying books. Hand takes out book "Their Finest Hour". Library - Dunkirk -...

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What we Learned from 5 Million Books (2011)

Subject

Social Studies; Technology

The research in this 14-minute video was made possible by Google’s book digitization efforts. Researchers Jean-Baptiste Michel and Erez Lieberman Aiden show in a light-hearted way that reading isn’t the...

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New Book Digs into Nh Scholar’s Theory That Shakespeare’s Work was Inspired by a Lesser-Known Writer (2021 Radio)

Series

Radio Boston

Interview with Michael Blanding about his book, North By Shakespeare: A Rogue Scholar’s Quest For The Truth Behind The Bard’s Work, which explore the claims by Dennis McCarthy that Shakespeare used the...

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Deportation of Philip Agee - appeal (1976)

Genre

Interview; News report

Philip Agee on preparing his appeal against deportation to the USA without knowing grounds of broad allegations against him. He used to work for the CIA and is now writing a book which may be sensitive to...

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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Videocom in Henley - nd [1975-1986]

The Prime Minister is shown how Videocom has become a world leader in computerized ticketing systems for the travel trade. Mrs Thatcher used the computer terminal in Henley to book a seat on a flight to go...

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A head on my shoulders: the diary of Dame Alice Lisle (1985)

aka: Vesper Hunter in conversation with Sean Street

Three hundred years ago on September 3rd (1685), Dame Alice Lisle of Moyles Court near Ringwood was executed for giving shelter to two supporters of the Monmouth Rebellion. Now Vesper Hunter, an author who...

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Duke Opens Braille Exhibition

Date released

16 Jun 1952

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1202

NoS ID

017852

Story no

1 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duke of Edinburgh Opens Braille Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: The Braille centenary exhibition in London was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh and he made a thorough inspection at the National...

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Merlyn Rees on Spycatcher (1987)

Genre

Interview

Former Labour Home Secretary Merlyn Rees calling for an inquiry into allegations made in former MI5 agent Peter Wright’s Spycatcher book that MI5 and others had used dirty tricks to destabilize the Labour...

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Ireland, Tradition on the Move

Date released

28 Oct 1965

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

566

NoS ID

121698

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A tinker-style caravan jogs through ever-changing scenery. It’s the latest holiday idea in a country where ageless traditions seem a world away from the River Liffey and the roar of...

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Our kind of town (1980)

Genre

Interview; Documentary

Keith Howell presents this week’s edition of Our Kind of Town. In the first part University of Bristol lecturer, Kenneth Hudson, talks about his new book, Where We Used to Work and what he discovered about...

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