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New Giant Liner

Date released

28 Jan 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1443

NoS ID

021460

Story no

5 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Model at P&O Liner. DESCRIPTION: A new 45,000 ton P&O liner is to be built at a cost of 12 1/2 million pounds. Sir William Currie (P&O Chairman) and Sir Hugh Casson examined a model of...

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Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)

Director

Thomas P. O’Connor

Producer

Thomas P. O’Connor

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 66 minutes), $24.99

The documentary uses Graham Greene’s own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and film clips, to reveal the fascinating life of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. The...

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Othello Blacking Up (2011 Video)

Video posted to YouTube in 2011. A white male actor sits before a mirror and is blacked up by a male make-up artist; the process is repeated on a white female actor. The two actors are then seated together...

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P & O dispute - Response to Sealink criticism (1988)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Peter Thomas, spokesman for P & O, on the industrial dispute involving P & O and the National Union of Seamen. He responds to criticisms made by James Sherwood of Sealink. Interviewer not...

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BBFC: Learning from the Past

Date

9 Nov 2012, 11:07

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

The British Board of Film Classification celebrates its centenary this year. But what can the organisation learn from the past, and how does history inform its current business and commitment to education...

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P & O final pay offer to striking seamen (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report

Sham Ambiavagar reports on a final pay offer by P & O managers to striking seamen. P & O say if the offer is rejected then the company could be sold to a foreign competitor using non-union labour. Includes...

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P & O dispute - Sealink spokesman hits out (1988)

Genre

Interview

Interview with James Sherwood, Sealink ferry company, on the industrial dispute involving P & O and the National Union of Seamen. He criticises Sir Geoffrey Stirling of P & O for his handling of the...

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Submarine trapped in North Sea (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

David Wragg, P & O, on the case of two men trapped in a submarine on the bottom of the North Sea. Their vessel, the P & O-owned PC9, became entangled in a cable while they were working for British Petroleum....

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P & O sails ferry out of Dover, breaking strike (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

P & O Ferries are claiming that they have broken the back of the seamen’s blockade. Reporter James Bays was on the Pride of Bruges as it steamed out of Dover, bound for Zeebrugge. Contributions from P...

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P & O dispute - NUS meeting (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview

Ben Brown reports on a conference of the National Union of Seamen in Hull, where the leadership survived calls for their resignation following the decision to call off secondary picketing in the dispute...

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