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  1. Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Hitler Rope Trick Amuses Students

    Date released
    7 Mar 1940
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    561A
    NoS ID
    010669
    Story no
    4 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh Students Rag. DESCRIPTION: As a Rag stunt students of Edinburgh University hang Adolf Hitler. SHOTLIST: Large crowds gather to see the hanging of "Hitler". The part of the...

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  2. Hangman, The (1964)

    Producer
    Les Goldman
    Subject
    Arts and Humanities
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL)

    This short film, composed of paintings by Paul Julian, and accompanied by Maurice Ogden’s poem tells the story of a hangman who arrives at a town and executes its citizens one by one. As each citizen is...

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  3. Thomas More (2005 Video)

    Director
    Robert Delamere

    A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2005 production of Thomas More. Directed by Robert Delamere with Nigel Cooke as Sir Thomas More.

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  4. Albert Pierrepoint interview (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with former UK hangman Albert Pierrepoint, who carried out last British execution in 1964, on his life and hanging.

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  5. Hangman: a documentary (1987)

    aka: Albert Pierrepoint interview

    Albert Pierrepoint was Britain’s most famous executioner during the 1930s-50s. Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hung in Britain, numbers amongst those he executed. In this programme Pierrepoint talks about...

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  6. Capital punishment in the UK (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Tim Crook reports on the history of and background to capital punishment in Britain. Speaking are: Donald Rumbelow, author of The Triple Tree; Britain’s last hangman Albert Pierrepoint. The clip is part of...

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  7. Hangman (1987)

    Genre
    Feature

    Albert Pierrepoint, Britain’s famous executioner from 1931-56, speaks to Fraser Shepherd(?) about his experiences. Written and produced by Fraser Shepherd, narrated by Douglas Cameron. Also includes public...

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  8. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Centenary of Californian Gold Strike

    Date released
    26 Feb 1948
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    977A
    NoS ID
    014963
    Story no
    1 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Centenary of California Gold Rush. DESCRIPTION: Descendants of the miners who discovered gold in California in 1848, reconstruct the methods they used. SHOTLIST: KS GV main street. Men...

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  9. Spellbound (2004)

    Subject
    Education; Psychology; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £19.99

    Documentary about eight children competing in the 1999 National Spelling Bee competition in the USA. DVD extras include ‘Where are they now?' updates on all eight featured competitors; previously unseen...

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  10. Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)

    Director
    Pavel Juracek
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region free, 107 minutes), £19.99

    Lost on a country road, a man finds himself trapped in a nightmare world that mirrors Communist-era Czechoslovakia. A free-form and darkly surreal adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, which...

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