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The Jamaican Rail Disaster

Date released

9 Sep 1957

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2833

NoS ID

158109

Story no

1 / 9

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Doctress, The: Mary Seacole of Jamaica (2004)

Subject

History; Medical sciences; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 45 minutes), £15.00

A docu-drama about the Victorian Jamaican/Scottish nurse Mary Seacole who financed her own mercy mission the the Crimea after being rejected by the British Army because of her colour.

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Wicked Bitches (2003 Video)

Director

Joseph Charles

Live video recording of a performance at the Broadway Theatre, Catford of the play by Floyd Knight loosely based on King Lear. No further details known (12/2007).

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First Pictures: Hurricane Stuns Jamaica

Date released

27 Aug 1951

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2138

NoS ID

043230

Story no

2 / 9

Damage exceeding sixteen million pounds and death toll of more than one hundred and fifty are faced by Jamaica. Pictures soon after hurricane reveal extent of damage

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Price of Memory, The (2014)

Director

Karen Marks Mafundikwa

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 83 minutes), £50.00

In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II visited Jamaica for her Golden Jubilee Celebrations. While there she was petitioned by a group of Rastafarians for slavery reparations. For Rastafarians, reparations are linked to...

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James Bond’s Island

Date released

1965

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

321

NoS ID

350488

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: How Jamaica is tackling the problems of administration and economic survival after two years of independence from British rule.

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Leaving Home (1994 Audio)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette., 1995 sale: £8.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Professor Stuart Hall reflects on his family and early life in Jamaica before he left home to study at Oxford.

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Peppers In Jamaica

Date released

Aug 1968

Series name

Parade

Issue no

59

NoS ID

351010

Story no

2 / 4

COI synopsis: The work of Britain’s Tropical Products Institute which has designed an artificial dryer for peppers in Jamaica.

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Jamaica Problem

Date released

Oct 1947

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

14

NoS ID

347017

Story no

1 / 2

NoS synopsis: Jamaica’s economic problems and her struggle for survival, especially her need for new industries and wider education.

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Youth Groups

Date released

1964

Series name

Commonwealth Review

Issue no

23

NoS ID

324925

Story no

1 / 7

NoS synopsis: The work of two young English volunteers at the Chestervale Youth Care Group in Jamaica.

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