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Colour: 1972 Derby

Date released

9 Jun 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2245

NoS ID

029418

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 1972 Derby - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: The 1972, 193rd Derby Stakes got under way in very bad weather, but the crowds’ spirits weren’t dampened. The Derby, more than any other race in...

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Viva L’Italia (1961)

aka: Garibaldi

Director

Roberto Rossellini (1906-177)

Subject

History; Italian studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 129 minutes), £15.00/£12.00

To celebrate the centenary of the unification of Italy, the Italian government commissioned Rossellini to make a biopic of Giuseppe Garibaldi and his 1860 campaign to unify Italy. The result is visually...

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Sporting Roundabout

Date released

10 Dec 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1853A

NoS ID

025787

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sporting Roundabout. DESCRIPTION: Car Racing -. 450 miles to go in the six hour saloon car race in Melbourne, Australia. Winner was the Alfa Romeo with Alfa’s number one works driver...

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Yorkshireman Fails in Title Bid

Date released

6 Feb 1950

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

50/11

NoS ID

103310

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

In London, the British lightweight champion Billy Thompson from Yorkshire fails to regain his European title from Roberto Proietti of Italy.

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British mercenaries to Angola (1976)

Genre

News report; Interview

Liz Aspen interviews leader of a recruitment drive (John Banks?) for mercenaries to go into Angola paid by the government of Zaire. It has been requested by president Roberto of Angola and will consist of...

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Barry Freeman on Angolan mercenary experience (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Interview with former British mercenary Barry Freeman, on his time spent fighting left-wing guerilla forces in Angola. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Kevin Murphy).

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Justice for Caruso

Date released

5 Oct 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

800A

NoS ID

013236

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trial of Caruso. DESCRIPTION: The ex-Police Chief of Rome, Pietro Caruso, stands trial for collaboration and is sentenced to be shot. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Crowds in court riot....

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Ein Kessel Buntes [01/09/1990] (1990 Television)

Series

Ein Kessel Buntes

Director

Karlgerhard Seher

Producer

Guenter Steinbacher

Variety show. 13-minute parody sketch presented by black German singer Roberto Blanco and Helga Hahnemann as part of their popular GDR television variety show. The sketch depicts Desdemona sitting on her bed...

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Narrating Modernity: Writers of the Mid 20th Century (2008)

Director

Eliseo AÌ lavarez

Subject

Languages; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 50 minutes), £118.24

The mid-20th century was an era of large-scale and often tragically violent political shifts which completely changed the face of Latin American life and art. As this programme demonstrates, the rise of...

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Brazil win World Cup (1994)

Genre

News report; Special

Jonathan Pearce reports on the victory of Brazil in the 1994 World Cup in the USA where they have beaten Italy 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out in the final at the Pasedena Rose Bowl. In two parts (the first part...

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