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  1. Ceylon - The New Dominion

    Date released
    Mar 1948
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    17
    NoS ID
    347023
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Opening shots of an arch in Colombo and Ceylonese people. After the achievement of full independence, the opening of the new Parliament by the Duke of Gloucester is shown. A brief historical...

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  2. Fight for a Fuller Life

    Date released
    Sep 1949
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    30
    NoS ID
    347230
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: A report on further education in Britain. Britain today must fight for education and a fuller life. Statistics on school-leavers, percentages going to Universities, apprenticeships or straight...

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  3. Education for Living

    Date released
    Apr 1949
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    27
    NoS ID
    347223
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: The film shows the new approaches to teaching in primary and secondary schools. Opening shot of a small girl conducting her classmates in singing, marching and percussion. At a nursery school,...

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  4. Harvest from the Wilderness

    Date released
    Dec 1948
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    24
    NoS ID
    347216
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Opening shots of British people whilst commentary points out that for each sufficiently-fed person, there are seven in the world near starvation. Various crowd scenes are shown whilst...

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  5. Development Areas

    Date released
    May 1947
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    346976
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: A survey of the depressed areas of the 1930s, concentrating on those in the N.E. of England. Rl.1 Industrial South Wales, N.E. England - the river Tyne, Durham and S.W. Scotland - the Clyde,...

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  6. Coal Crisis

    Date released
    Apr 1947
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    346964
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Opening industrial shots whilst the commentary emphasises how much industry depends on coal. Other uses of coal are given including its use as an export. Shots of coal being loaded onto a cargo...

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  7. The Future of Scotland

    Date released
    Apr 1948
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    18
    NoS ID
    347025
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Long shot of spires, highlands, monuments, Holyrood Palace, plaque on the tomb of David Rizzio, lochs, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The industries of Scotland are shown - liners in the Clyde, cranes...

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  8. Gambling

    Date released
    Aug 1949
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    29
    NoS ID
    347229
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: The gambling industry in Great Britain. A silent film and survey of the Chamber of Horrors illustrate the lengths to which a gambler can be led. Man will gamble anywhere and on anything - in...

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  9. Lancashire’s Time for Adventure

    Date released
    Nov 1948
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    23
    NoS ID
    347035
    Story no
    1 / 2

    BFI synopsis: A survey of the cotton industry. Opening shots of merchant ships whilst commentary emphasises that to balance the economy more cotton goods must be produced, sold and exported. Diagram shows...

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  10. Home and Beauty

    Date released
    Aug 1947
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    346992
    Story no
    1 / 2

    NoS Summary - An illustrated discussion of whether mass-produced goods are always better. BFI synopsis: While some manufacturers hope that people will continue to accept shoddy goods, others try to produce...

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