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Normans, The (2010)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

Professor Robert Bartlett embarks on an ambitious journey deep into the hearts and minds of a band of warriors who transformed medieval Europe. Bursting with colourful characters and illuminating detail,...

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Defensible Houses of the Gentry (1994 Video)

Producer

Nick Levinson

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The layout and style of domestic buildings are evidence of the changing patterns of security and prosperity in different countries and regions. This programme examines how ancient houses in Northunberland...

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Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell & Kenyon (2005)

Subject

History; Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £19.99

Following the BBC2 series THE LOST WORLD OF MITCHELL & KENYON, this compilation features 35 films from the Mitchell & Kenyon collection set to a specially composed new score by In The Nursery. The films...

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John Bull Goes to Washington

Date released

5 Sep 1949

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

49/71

NoS ID

103086

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The "Mauretania" takes Sir Stafford Cripps and Mr Ernest Bevin on "one of the important missions in history" - the Washington dollar talks. President Truman - in a curtain-raiser speech at Philadelphia -...

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Old Street Lamps

Date released

9 Jun 1963

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

441

NoS ID

121389

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A brand new London bar set us wondering. For the people who had been invited to its opening - all came dressed in the elegant styles of the naughty nineties. We wondered why there is such a...

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Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck (2021 Multimedia, Video)

Recording of a live interactive event in which Lily Weitzman interviews filmmaker Andrew Giles Buckley about the making of his new documentary, Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck, which...

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Girl’s Make Turf History

Date released

16 Feb 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1967A

NoS ID

026770

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Girl’s Make Turf History. DESCRIPTION: Mrs Sally Wainwright and Miss P Mackenzie are the first women to take advantage of a new rule permitting women to ride against men in hunt...

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Address, The (2014)

Director

Ken Burns

Subject

Education; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

Ken Burns’ documentary interweaves the history of the Gettysburg Address with a chronicle about a special school in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont. Each year, fifty students, boys from the...

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The Trans-Atlantic Jets

Date released

9 Oct 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1531A

NoS ID

022645

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Trans-Atlantic Jets. DESCRIPTION: Aviation history about to be made at London Airport where a Comet IV (Delta Charlie) was bound for New York on the first ever day of Trans-Atlantic...

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New TUC Headquarters

Date released

3 Apr 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1504A

NoS ID

022308

Story no

6 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New TUC Headquarters. DESCRIPTION: In the new Congress House, the TUC at last has a fine London headquarters, the first real home-of-its-own in its 90 years’ history. It is reported...

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