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Bumptious As Romeo (1911 Film)

Comedy short. Part of the Bumptious series which featured the rotund and aptly named comedian John R. Cumpson. Bumptious organises an amateur production at the town hall of Romeo and Juliet in which he is to...

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The Nation Bows Its Head

Date released

13 Oct 1930

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

30/39

NoS ID

088700

Story no

1 / 2

Extras

1 film clip

In poignant grief - to pay homage at the passing of the victims of the ill-fated R-101. All day - ceaselessly - thousands of high and low degree, paid a last tribute as they lay in state at Westminster Hall....

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Tennyson: In Memoriam and Poems of 1842

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 80 mins approx), £10.00

Tapes in the Critical Archive series are are designed for those who have read the relevant text and who have it in front of them; the poetry tapes take "close reading" as their method. Aimed primarily at...

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Battle for Music (1943)

Director

Donald Taylor; Len Lye; Ralph Keene; Ralph Bond; John Banting; Dylan Thomas; Charles de Latour

Subject

History; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 186 minutes), £14.99

Dramatised documentary about the trials of the London Philharmonic Orchestra during World War II. The year is 1939. Following the liquidation of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the players form a new...

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"Freedom, Hey-Day! Hey-Day, Freedom!": African Americans and Shakespeare (2014 Audio)

aka: African Americans and Shakespeare

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Episode 20 in series. The podcast" examines some of the many ways— including, but not limited to, performance— that black Americans have encountered, responded...

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Two Gentlemen of Verona, The (1998 Video)

Director

Ed Hall

A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the 1998 Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Directed by Ed Hall with Tom Goodman-Hill as Valentine and Dominic Rowan as...

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Steps to Supremacy

Date released

9 May 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1770A

NoS ID

025089

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Steps to Supremacy. DESCRIPTION: The World Ballroom Championships in London. Competing couples from sixteen countries for the Professional ‘Modern’ title. Winners were Bill and...

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Norwich Players in Extracts from ‘The Tempest’, The (1949 Radio)

Series

From the Midland Theatres

Director

W. Nugent Monk

Producer

William Hughes

Radio broadcast. The Norwich Players perform extracts from Shakespeare’s late play under the direction of Nugent Monk. The viriginal is played by R. Cocks. Introduction by T. C. Kemp.

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Movietone’s War Time News - Described by Leslie Mitchell: Prime Minister in Scotland

Date released

19 Oct 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

698

NoS ID

012482

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Churchill Receives Freedom of the City of Edinburgh. DESCRIPTION: Mr Churchill spent a few days visited the Home Fleet in northern waters. In Edinburgh he carried out an inspection of...

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Amateur Cup

Date released

17 Apr 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2080A

NoS ID

027821

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Amateur Cup. DESCRIPTION: North Shields meets Sutton United in the FA Amateur Cup Final at Wembley. Sutton lose 1 -2 and North Shields take the cup for the first time to Northumberland....

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