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All Colour Reel: The Irish Derby

Date released

1 Jul 1971

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2195A

NoS ID

028906

Story no

1 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Irish Derby - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: The Irish Derby - and this year there’s a field of fifteen out for the big money. A major upset at the start as the hot favourite - Linden Tree...

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About Face (1994 Video)

Director

Mark James

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows the evolution of the self-portrait artist from being the invisible figure behind the canvas to the actual subject of the painting. Makes unexpected connections between old and new, describes some...

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Richard II (1927 Radio)

aka: Schools: The Drama

Series

Schools

Producer

Cedric Hardwicke

Sixth and last in a series of broadcasts to schools. A dramatic interpretation of Shakespeare’s Richard II, this episode is produced by Cedrick Hardwicke and is performed by Douglas Jefferies, Abraham...

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British Art in the Twentieth Century (1992 Video)

Director

Richard Smith

Producer

Richard Smith

Subject

Art

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 96 min.

Five programmes covering art from the start of the century to the present and are based on a 1988 Royal Academy exhibition and showing 150 paintings and sculptures in their historical and cultural contexts:...

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Major Barbara: The Pattern and Central Themes of the Play (2 Parts) (1976 Audio)

Director

N.C. Collins

Producer

N.C. Collins

Subject

Drama

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette. 34, 46 min.

1: Noting the influence of the literary interests and family background of Gilbert Murray on this play, Professor Harold Brooks examines the themes of material and spiritual power and the influence of these...

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Sport: with Alan Howland: Empire Games Records at Sydney

Date released

24 Feb 1938

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

455A

NoS ID

008554

Story no

8 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Empire Games. Sydney. SHOTLIST: The Games start with a march past of competitors bearing flags with Great Britain in the lead. Lord Wakehurst declares the Games open, the oath is taken...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Pacific - Pummelling the Japs

Date released

24 Jan 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

764

NoS ID

012987

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Pacific - Pummelling the Japs. DESCRIPTION: After taking Makin in the Gilbert Islands attention was turned to the Marshall Islands. Allied air power began carried out bombing raids...

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Palestine (3 Parts) (1978 Video)

Producer

Richard Broad

Subject

History

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 3 x 90 min.

Part 1 covers the history of Palestine from c.1914 to c.1939. Part 2 traces the history of Palestine from c.1939 to 1946. Part 3 covers the years from 1947 through the end of the British Mandate and the...

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Here Comes Cookie (1935 Film)

aka: Plot Thickens

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Producer

William LeBaron

Feature film farce. Gracie is the daughter of a wealthy business magnate. To prevent a gigolo (who is attempting to seduce his other daughter) from getting his fortune, the father gives all his money,...

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Tyger’s Hart (1951 Radio)

Series

Children’s Hour

Producer

Peggy Bacon

A television play about William Shakespeare and his family written by David Scott Daniell and produced for broadcasting by Peggy Bacon. Alan Wheatley is Shakespeare. Madrigals sung by boys of George Dixon...

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