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Nigerian Independence

Date released

6 Oct 1960

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1635A

NoS ID

023803

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nigerian Independence. DESCRIPTION: Lagos racecourse was the scene, and it was the afternoon of Nigeria’s great day with thousands awaiting the climax. Princess Alexandra, with Sir...

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Book Programme, The [12/11/1980] (1980 Television)

Series

Book Programme, The

Series on literature presented by Robert Robinson. This episode includes an item in which Robinson introduces Judith Cook’s book Women in Shakespeare. An interview with historian and literary scholar A.L....

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Scarlet Pimpernel, The (1935 Film)

Director

Harold Young

Producer

Alexander Korda

Feature film version of the novel by Baroness Orczy set in the French Revolution. At the end of the film, the Scarlet Pimpernel, when he encounters his arch-rival Blakeney, quotes part of John of Gaunt’s...

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Vou Para Casa (2000 Film)

aka: I’m Going Home Je Rentre À la Maison

Director

Manoel de Oliveira

Producer

Paulo Branco

Feature film. Gilbert Valence (Piccoli) is an aging actor who is in the prime of his career, enjoying prominent roles in both theatre and film. During a performance of Ionesco’s Exit the King , with...

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King John (1899 Film)

aka: Scene - ‘King John’ - Now Playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre, A Beerbohm Tree, The Great British Actor

Director

William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson

Four scenes from the Her Majesty’s Theatre production of King John, one of which survives. The descriptions quoted are from the copyright records in The National Archives: THE BATTLEFIELD NEAR ANGIERS -...

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