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Dancing Champions

Date released

25 May 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1459A

NoS ID

021699

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dancing Champions. DESCRIPTION: Staged at Earls Court, London, the Star Championships included a contest for the Formation Dancing Title. A sharp contrast was the demonstration by a...

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Ballroom Champions

Date released

2 Jul 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1569A

NoS ID

023092

Story no

1 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ballroom Champions. DESCRIPTION: The Star Ball took place at Earls Court, London, and feet were in the running for championship titles. No 48, professional Harry Smith-Hampshire and...

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Ballroom Champions

Date released

17 Apr 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1506A

NoS ID

022334

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ballroom Champions. DESCRIPTION: Title-holders from six countries were among competitors who took the floor during the Star ballroom championships in London. The 1955 champions were...

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Big Oil: In the Wake of the ‘Exxon Valdez’ (1985 Video)

Producer

Richard Brock

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the ‘Exxon Valdez’ oil spill in Alaska two years on and examines the repercussions of pollution, tanker safety and the apportioning of blame. Shows the power of the oil industry as well as the...

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Storm over Asia (1928 Video)

aka: Potomok Chingis-Khana

Director

Vsevolod I Pudovkin

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

DVD

Set in Mongolia under the rule of British occupational forces, tells the story of a young trapper who appears to be the long-lost descendant of Genghis Khan. The people plan to set him up as Prince Genghis...

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Conflict of Interests, A (1992 Video)

Producer

Rissa de la Paz

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Conflict is common in the animal world; it might be over food, mates or territory. Disputes do not always end in fights; the occurrence and intensity of aggressive behaviours is directly related to the costs...

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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Director

Robert Mulligan

Producer

Alan Pakula

Subject

Literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 124 minutes), £19.99 (DVD); £17.99 (Blu-ray)

Feature film. Story of racial prejudice and injustice set in the American South. Gregory Peck plays the lawyer, widower and father of two children who stirs up hostility when he agrees to defend a black man...

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Sculpture 100, The (2005)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

A chronological look at 100 20th-century public art works including statues, war memorials, architectural decorations, tombs, murals, earthworks and other objects. Begins with Tohmas Brock’s ‘Queen...

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Nanook of the North (1922 Film, Video)

Producer

Robert J Flaherty

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A study of the Eskimos of Ungava in the Cape Dufferin area of the Hudson Bay Territory of northern Canada. A detailed description of the constant battle with a hostile environment; accounts of walrus and...

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Warren Farm: A Stake in the Future (1974 Film)

Director

Bryan Copplestone

Subject

Veterinary science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Warren Farm, owned by the Milk Marketing Board, at Lambourn, Berkshire, is one of the largest beef-bull progeny testing centres in the world. Calves sired by bulls at the board’s various studs are...

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