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On The Map

Date released

1962

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

143

NoS ID

349767

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: A feature looking at the history of Ordnance Survey maps, including some early examples made by cartographers from 300 and 100 years ago. Surveyors are shown at a triangulation station...

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Reports: New diving suit for Old Treasure

Date released

22 Apr 1937

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

411A

NoS ID

007545

Story no

7 / 12

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Diving Suit for Old Treasure. SHOTLIST: Diver donning new type suit. Close shots of the air valve machinery. Diver descending into the water.

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British Museum - The Past Restored

Date released

1971

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

77

NoS ID

351182

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: 1800 years ago the bronze mask of Emperor Lucius Verus was squashed in an earthquake. Its restoration at the British Museum is just one example of the salvaging of antiquities that goes on...

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Science against the History Books

Date released

23 Nov 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1851

NoS ID

025762

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Science Against the History Books. DESCRIPTION: In October, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte was a prisoner on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic. He died there on the 5th of May...

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Stained Glass Darkly

Date released

1973

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

129

NoS ID

329592

Story no

2 / 3

COI synopsis: When the colour in stained glass fades, the aura of stained glass windows is spirited away. Dr Newton is using the tools of the twentieth century artisan so that we can see for ourselves how...

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Stained Glass Darkly

Date released

1973

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

129

NoS ID

325546

Story no

3 / 3

COI synopsis: When the colour in stained glass fades, the aura of stained glass windows is spirited away. Dr Newton is using the tools of the twentieth century artisan so that we can see for ourselves how...

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Argentine Visitors At Wellcome Museum

Date released

Nov 1968

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

33

NoS ID

324741

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: Students on a study tour from Argentina visiting the Wellcome Foundation’s medical museum.

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Coin Detector

Date released

Jun 1972

Series name

Parade

Issue no

103

NoS ID

327373

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: The ‘Prospector’, a battery-operated invention for treasure hunters, which detects buried metal objects.

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Singapore - Coral And Shells

Date released

Jun 1971

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

109

NoS ID

328037

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: The marine museum in Singapore and its comprehensive collection of corals and shells.

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Twisted TV

Date released

1973

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

129

NoS ID

329593

Story no

3 / 3

COI synopsis: When the Mona Lisa came face-to-face with the Morphology Comparator her smile ceased to exist. But removing her smile is a mere party trick for the comparator. The serious purpose for this...

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