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Real Dads Army (2002)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £16.95

Four films depicting various aspects of recruiting and training the Home Guard (Dad’s Army) during World War 2.

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PM Back with Planes

Date released

11 Feb 1943

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1247

NoS ID

038563

Story no

1 / 2

Paddington Mrs Churchill, Cabinet Ministers and great crowd welcome Mr Churchill home after Middle East tour. Adana Prime Minister and advisers confer in train with President Inoenu, members of Turkish...

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John Bunyan’s Pilgrimage

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 55 minutes), £11.00

'The Pilgrim’s Progress’, a vivid and dramatic account of one man’s spiritual journey, was first published in 1678 and became very popular. Bunyan also wrote an autobiography,'Grace Abounding to the...

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Allies Prepare New Offensive

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/59

NoS ID

156738

Story no

3 / 3

Raid on (Okinawa?) [sic]. Bomber Command attacks Duisburg; bomb Rouen. Aerial shots of the bombing of Bond Street (?) [sic]. Holland: British Second Army continues offensive. Montgomery with George VI and...

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Thunder Rock (1942 Film)

Director

Roy Boulting

Producer

John Boulting

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Feature film. A former political journalist, who feels helpless in the face of the rising tide of Fascism in the 1930s, becomes a lighthouse keeper in Canada. He is visited by the ghosts of immigrants from...

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Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The Anzacs at Suez

Date released

22 Feb 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

559A

NoS ID

010641

Story no

7 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Anzacs at Suez. DESCRIPTION: The Second Imperial Australian Force reaches the Middle East. The Secretary of State for the Dominions, Mr Anthony Eden, was there to greet them. SHOTLIST:...

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Shakespeare and the Storytellers (1987 Audio)

Sound recording. Professor Stanley Wells delivers The Shakespeare Lecture at the 1987 Cheltenham Literature Festival. Wells discusses Shakespeare’s plays as retold by Charles and Mary Lamb, Mary Seymour,...

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After Eight special - Everyone is famous (1978)

Genre

Feature

A look at the experiences of ten ordinary people and couples whose stories were featured on LBC during 1978. Speakers include Bernard and Marian Falstone, who were trapped in their car in snow for 28 hours;...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Monty Calls for Top Secret Conference

Date released

19 Aug 1946

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

898

NoS ID

013987

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Monty at Camberley. DESCRIPTION: A top level meeting at the Staff College, Camberley discussed the important innovations in the organisation and the life of the British Army. SHOTLIST:...

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Theatre in the City

Date released

1 Jun 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1565

NoS ID

023048

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Theatre in the City. DESCRIPTION: London river, and close by the landing stage at Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, stands the new Mermaid Theatre. Sea cadets arrived with the Mermaid herself...

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