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Return Journey to the Old Vic (1949 Radio)

Producer

W. Farquharson Small

Radio programme presented by Farquharson Small on the history of the Old Vic Theatre, its two female managers, Emma Cons (acting manager 1898-1912) and Lilian Baylis (manager 1912-37), and producer-director...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: News from the East

Date released

8 Nov 1945

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

857A

NoS ID

013617

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News From the East. DESCRIPTION: Saigon - General Leclerc arrives to take over the Governorship and received an enthusiastic welcome. Penang - The hoisting of the Union Jack by the Navy...

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Dracula (2006)

Director

Bill Eagles

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

A terrifying new version of Bram Stoker’s classic tale of sex, death and desire. Returning to the original novel for his inspiration, Stewart Harcourt’s script draws both on elements of Stoker’s own...

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Scanning Television (2003)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 300 minutes), £150.00

A collection of film clips that encourage students to celebrate as well as critically analyse the media. 51 copyright-cleared, classroom-friendly short segments cover key media issues from advertising and...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Premier Aboard HMS "Duke of York"

Date released

2 Feb 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

661

NoS ID

012123

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Churchill Goes to Washington. DESCRIPTION: It has now been revealed that Mr Churchill travelled to America on board HMS Duke of York. Also on board were Lord Beaverbrook, Mr Harriman,...

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From "Atvland" In Colour (2011)

Director

Peter Raven

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 245 minutes), £17.99

This documentary, presented in a 2 disc set, tells the story of the affectionately known ‘ATVLand’ - the ATV Centre in Birmingham - from its beginnings to its ultimate closure in 1997, celebrating some...

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Scene from ‘Hamlet’ (1930 Radio)

aka: Diversions No. 10

Series

Diversions

Radio broadcast. As part of a mixed programme, Martita Hunt and John Gielgud read a scene from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. This appears to be from Harcourt Williams’s uncut production of the play that opened...

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King Henry the Fourth (1945 Radio)

Series

King Henry the Fourth

Producer

John Burrell

Final episode in an 8-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s two parts of King Henry IV. Arranged for broadcasting by Robert Gittings. With Ralph Richardson as Falstaff and Laurence Olivier as narrator....

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Hong Kong British Again

Date released

8 Oct 1945

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

853

NoS ID

013582

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hong Kong Surrender. DESCRIPTION: The last of the major Japanese surrenders was signed at Hong Kong on the sixteenth of September. Not before some Japanese resistance had been overcome...

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Serpent of the Nile, The (1940 Radio)

aka: Scenes from Shakespeare’s Tragedy Antony and Cleopatra

Producer

Peter Creswell

A chronicle for radio based on Shakespeare’s play and Plutarch’s Life of Marcus Antonius. Arranged and produced by Peter Creswell with Fay Compton as Cleopatra and Cecil Trouncer as Anthony. Other parts...

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