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  1. Colours for the Irish Guards

    Date released
    1 Aug 1949
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1052
    NoS ID
    015866
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Colours for Irish Guards. DESCRIPTION: In the grounds of Buckingham Palace, King George as Colonel-in-Chief of the Irish Guards, presented them with New Colours. Also present was...

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  2. Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith (2017)

    Director
    Stuart A. Staples
    Subject
    Film studies; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 53 + 64 minutes), £19.99

    This film, directed by Stuart A. Staples, is based on the work of naturalist, inventor and pioneering British filmmaker F. Percy Smith (1880-1945). It features Smith’s own footage, combined with a new...

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  3. British Council Films Online

    Date
    17 Dec 2010, 15:35
    Author
    bufvclinda
    Post Type
    Post

    Thirteen British Council films from the 1940s have been digitised and are now available from their Time/Image website. These documentaries reflect the work of great directors such as Mary Field (Development...

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  4. Secrets of Nature Pioneering Natural History Films, 1922 - 1933 (2010)

    Director
    Percy Smith; Mary Field
    Subject
    Biology; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

    A digitally remastered collection of 19 British films made between 1922 and 1933 that used groundbreaking techniques to share the secrets of the natural world with cinema audiences. The pioneering series...

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  5. Children’s Cinema

    Date released
    1959
    Series name
    Topic
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    329662
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: It came as a surprise to Joan and Julius Evans, an American couple visiting Britain, to learn that every part of the British film industry must contribute by Parliamentary Law a small portion...

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  6. Comes a Horseman (1978)

    Director
    Alan Pakula
    Subject
    American Studies; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region free, 119 minutes), £19.99

    Set in the American West during the 1940s, the film centres on a pair of little-guy ranchers who join forces against the depredations of a ruthless land baron determined to expand his empire at any cost....

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  7. Children’s Film Foundation: Volume I: London Tales (1958)

    Director
    David Eady
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 114 minutes), £19.99

    Collection of three films produced by The Children’s Film Foundation. The SALVAGE GANG (1958), directed by John Krish and featuring a young Frazer Hines and a cameo by Wilfred Brambel, is notable for its...

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  8. History of the English Language (1943)

    Director
    Mary Field
    Subject
    English language and literature; Linguistics

    History of the English Language acts as an excellent layman’s introduction to the origins of one of the most common languages on the planet, demonstrating how dialect changes over time, and presenting...

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  9. British Council films online

    Date
    3 May 2012, 09:25
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    Who We Were The British Council Film Collection Unveiled http://film.britishcouncil.org/ This evening at BFI Southbank a new collection of British Council films is being launched with an evening of...

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  10. Gateway additions and updates

    Date
    12 May 2011, 14:36
    Author
    Cathy Grant
    Post Type
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    BBC Wildlife Finder A site from the BBC that uses footage from the Natural History Unit archive to show hundreds of different animals, their habitats, and animal and plant adaptations and behaviour. The...

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