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Jazz - A Film by Ken Burns (3 Vols) (2001 Video)

Director

Ken Burns

Subject

Music

Distribution

DVD

A comprehensive history of jazz, from its roots in the early 19th century to today. Features hundreds of rare and classic recordings and live performances from a century of jazz music, supported by...

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Paul Robeson 1898-1976 (1978 Television)

Series

Lively Arts

Television documentary on the life and work of Paul Robeson, narrated by Brewster Mason. The programme focuses on civil rights and racial issues. Earle Hyman talks about the atmosphere in New York when he...

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Labor Union Films (2011)

Subject

History; Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $14.99

A 2-DVD set comprising 15 short films made between 1917 and 1951 dealing with US labour history and America’s struggle to ensure a decent life for all its citizens. Contents: 17 DAYS: THE STORY OF...

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We Work Again (1937 Multimedia)

aka: Voodoo Macbeth Macbeth

Director

Orson Welles

The only known footage of the stage production of Macbeth produced by the Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre project of the WPA and directed by Orson Welles. The play was staged at the New Lafayette...

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Orson Welles’ The Merchant of Venice (1999 Audio)

aka: Merchant of Venice, The

Series

Mercury Text Records

The complete Columbia/Mercury recording of Orson Welles’ 1938 production of The Merchant of Venice. The 2 CD set also contains seven scenes from Macbeth with Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson.

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Richard III (1995 Film, Video)

Director

Richard Loncraine

Producer

Lisa Katselas Pare; Stephen Bayly

Film version of Shakespeare’s play derived from Richard Eyre’s National Theatre production. Set in a context of 1930s’ fascism, where Mosley’s troops have taken power.

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Richard III (1946 Radio)

Series

Columbia Workshop

Producer

Richard Sanville

Radio adaptation of Richard III by James and Elizabeth Hart with Laurence Olivier as Richard and Ralph Richardson as Buckingham.

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Nina of the Theatre (1914 Film)

aka: Nina of the Theater

Director

Kenean Buel

Fiction film issued by Kalem in a two-reel instalment. The first is a story about an actress (Joyce) who is in love with an actor (Moore) and includes two stage scenes at least one of which the actress...

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William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (1998 Television)

aka: Twelfth Night

Series

Live from Lincoln Center

Director

Nicholas Hytner

Live television broadcast of the stage production directed by Nicholas Hytner for the Lincoln Centre 1998 Festival. Helen Hunt is Viola and Philip Bosco is Malvolio.

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Partition - Palestine Outburst Follows UN Assembly Vote

Date released

8 Dec 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

966

NoS ID

014815

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Palestine Outburst Follows UN Vote. DESCRIPTION: The United Nations has reached a decision on the partition of Palestine and the Jewish and Arab states have been outlined. The following...

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