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Supercharged: The Grand Prix Car (1924-1939) (1984 Video)

Producer

Brian Johnson

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The history of Grand Prix motor racing from 1924, when a British Sunbeam raced with a supercharged engine, to 1939. Uses archive film and restored historic cars driven by Grand Prix driver John Watson.

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W.B. Yeats, Poetry 1919-1939 (1989)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 58 min)

Yeats lived through one of the most turbulent periods of Irish history, from the downfall of Parnell to the foundation of the Irish nation state. Presents both the historical context and Yeats’ own...

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Four Years Ago

Date released

6 Sep 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/71

NoS ID

100088

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The crisis in 1939 showing Ministers arriving at Houses of Parliament and No 10 Downing Street. Some good shots taken in Warsaw during the siege and bombardment in September 1939, by an amateur cameraman.

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War, Peace and Propaganda (1939 Film)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Released in the USA, June 1939. New York World’s Fair 1939 and its pavilions. Contents of the British Pavilion; King George and Queen Elizabeth visiting. Preparation for war activities in Europe including...

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The Day of Remembrance. 1914-1918. 1939-1945

Date released

15 Nov 1945

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1238

NoS ID

064830

Story no

1 / 2

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Is It Peace?

Date released

26 Aug 1946

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

46/68

NoS ID

101270

Story no

8 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

As the Paris peace conference takes place, Pathe News looks back over the years from 1919 to 1939 at past conference and the rise to power of Hitler, Peron and Franco and asks the question, are we are to...

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Night Shift (1942 Film)

Director

Jack Chambers

Producer

Paul Rotha

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

An account of one night’s work in an armament factory. Without commentary and with a minimum of dramatised conversation it presents a clear impression of factory life and the atmosphere of the time.

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They Keep the Wheels Turning (1942 Film)

Subject

Economics; History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Stresses the importance of repairing existing civilian vehicles as a means of shielding new vehicle production for military priority and shows the ability of women to take on this sort of work. It also...

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Old Hands: British Labour Camps 1929-1939 (1999)

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (PAL, 35 minutes), £25.00

Exposes the history of the remote labour camps for the unemployed which were set up and run by successive British governments between 1929 and 1939. David Colledge, a Leeds social historian, acts as the...

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Little Miss Rosalind or What Have You? (1939 Radio)

Producer

Ronald Waldman

A musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Written by D. F. Aitken, with music by William Trethowan. Adapted for radio by Henrik Ege. The BBC Variety Orchestra is conducted by Louis Levy....

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