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Nelson Mandela to be freed (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

Clive Myrie reports on a speech made at the State Opening of Parliament by South African President F. W. de Klerk announcing Black nationalist leader, Nelson Mandela, will be freed from prison soon, and that...

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Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation (2006)

aka: Mandela

Director

Angus Gibson; Jo Menell

Producer

Jonathan Demme; Jo Menell; Edward Saxon

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 118 minutes), £17.99

A film biography of Nelson Mandela, incorporating archive film and interviews wtih colleagues, friends and family. Coverage of Mandela’s trial for treason is particularly strong.

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The Dance of the Sea - by Veronica the Famous Speciality Dancer

Date released

28 Dec 1933

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

656

NoS ID

333351

Story no

4 / 5

NoS Summary - Veronica emerges from a shell and dances for a man in a diving suit! British Pathe synopsis: On a stage set representing an underwater scene a large shell opens up to reveal Veronica the...

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Dead Centre (1994 Video)

Director

Jackie Osei-Tutu

Subject

Economics; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Britain seems to have moved from being a nation of shopkeepers to a nation of out-of-town superstores. Gloucester shopkeeper Roger Ellinor looks at the importance of the traditional high street and compares...

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Nuremberg on Trial (1996 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

To mark the 50th aniversary of the end of the Nuremberg trials, Professor David Cesarani looks at the legacy of Nuremberg and asks whether the guiding principles set down at that time have been betrayed by...

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Dance moments from Rio Rita

Date released

1 May 1930

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

465

NoS ID

332426

Story no

5 / 6

NoS Summary - "Rio Rita" the new musical at the Prince Edward Theatre, London, featuring Leslie Sarony, George Gee. British Pathe synopsis: Extracts from the new musical play "Rio Rita" at the Prince Edward...

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Spear of the Nation: The Story of the African National Congress (1987 Video)

Producer

Ian Stuttard; David Tereshcuk

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

Examines the role of the African National Congress in the struggle for liberation in South Africa. Partly filmed secretly in South Africa, includes interviews with ANC President Oliver Tambo, Winnie Mandela,...

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Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

Director

Tony Palmer

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 140 minutes), £13.99

Profile of South African playwright Athol Fugard, whose work explores the excesses of the apartheid regime in South Africa. The film includes interviews with Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Nadine Gordimer and...

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Dancing Grace

Date released

5 Jan 1933

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

605

NoS ID

333122

Story no

3 / 5

NoS Summary - Exhibition dance by the Premiere Ballerina Vera Savina. British Pathe synopsis: "by Vera Savina - Premiere Danseuse of Serge Diaghileff’s Russian Ballet." C/U of Vera in ballet tutu and...

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Witness to Apartheid (1986 Film, Video)

Director

Sharon Sopher

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shot clandestinely in South Africa during the State of Emergency and press ban in 1985, the film exposes the extent of apartheid’s violence and brutality. Testimonies of victims, as well as eye witnesses...

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