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Sewing Machine

Date released

23 May 1955

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

021

NoS ID

120031

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - To demonstrate the rising popularity of home sewing, model Patti Morgan uses her new electric sewing machine to make a sunsuit. Also shows an antique sewing machine.

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Sewing Machine, The: / The Refrigerator (1988 Video)

Director

Andrew Snell

Producer

Elizabeth Queenan

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £14.99 (+VAT +p&p)

Tim Hunkin humorously explains the workings of some familiar domestic machines. His technique is to present the scientific principles and show how the machines evolved by using demonstrations and animated...

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Open-Air Theatre (1965 Film)

aka: Cornwall’s Minack Open-Air Theatre

Series

Colour Pictorial

British Pathe newsfilm item. Preparations for, and scenes from, a production of Macbeth at the Minack Cliff Theatre, an open-air theatre in Porthcurno, Cornwall which opened in 1932. Includes shots of the...

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Monty at large (1979)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

Monty at Large, presented by Montague Modlyn. On Savile Row tailors (Part 1). Includes interviews with tailor of the year, Jim Welchman and his wife Dorothy; joint managing director of Huntsman, Colin...

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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

Date

7 May 2013, 12:33

Author

Markeda Cole

Post Type

Post

For the week ending 19th April 2013, the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service feature: slavery in Britain; the history of radio and sound; and the life and controversial times of...

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Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: The Queen’s Sewing Party

Date released

2 Nov 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

543A

NoS ID

010368

Story no

1 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen at Sewing Bee. DESCRIPTION: The Queen holds a "Sewing Bee" at Buckingham Palace. SHOTLIST: Her Majesty the Queen attends a knitting and sewing party at Buckingham Palace. Various...

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Sewing Blind

Date released

23 Dec 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2064

NoS ID

027684

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sewing Blind. DESCRIPTION: From Sweden, a Sewing Machine specially designed for operation by blind people. Controls can be adjusted by feel and loading are threading are remarkably...

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Her Majesty’s Sewing "Bee"

Date released

2 Nov 1939

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

39/86

NoS ID

097518

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

The Queen joins women members of the Palace staff who are sewing and knitting for the troops.

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The Queen Holds Palace Sewing Bee

Date released

2 Nov 1939

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

905

NoS ID

036926

Story no

2 / 7

Her Majesty organises twice-weekly sewing bee of palace staff to make comforts for the troops.

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Sewing Machines - Old and New

Date released

16 May 1960

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

281

NoS ID

120891

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Sewing machines dating from Victorian times to the present (1960) are demonstrated.

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