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Soldier Jockeys

Date released

23 Mar 1931

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

1021-2

NoS ID

133790

Story no

3 / 3

Horse racing. Soldier jockeys [at Hawthorn Hill?].

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Unknown Soldier, The (1996 Video)

aka: Haig: The Unknown Soldier

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

On the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, reappraises the character and role of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in the light of new historical evidence. Looks at the battles he fought, and some of...

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Lear (1971 Audio)

Director

William Gaskill

A live sound recording of Edward Bond’s play Lear first performed at the Royal Court theatre, London. Harry Andrews is Lear.

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The Pigeon as Postman

Date released

7 Nov 1917

Series name

War Office Official Topical Budget

Issue no

324-1

NoS ID

126294

Story no

1 / 5

[SUBTITLE]: "Taken up on motor cycles to the trenches the birds except for casualties, never fail to reach ‘home’ behind the lines where the telegraphist sends on the message." Soldier puts pigeon into...

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Kentish Hop Pickers

Date released

1 Sep 1917

Series name

Topical Budget / War Office Official Topical Budget

Issue no

314-2

NoS ID

126202

Story no

2 / 5

[SUBTITLE]: "Soldiers help women and children to secure the hop harvest. Many hop fields have been destroyed by the gale this week." Various shots of men, women and children in hop fields. Soldier helping...

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Sculpture in the Snow

Date released

17 Mar 1917

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

290-2

NoS ID

126002

[SUBTITLE]: "An interesting competition held at Geneva, prizes being given for the best sculpture in snow, a popular model being a German soldier as ‘Kamerade’." Sculptors at work, with finished...

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Countess Torby at War Hospital

Date released

3 Jun 1916

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

249-2

NoS ID

125659

Story no

2 / 5

[SUBTITLE]: "Countess Nada de Torby (fiancee of Prince George of Battenberg) presents gifts to wounded soldiers on Pound Day, at the Hampstead General Hospital." Countess presenting gifts. Gift presented to...

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Sir Douglas Haig in Flanders

Date released

19 Sep 1917

Series name

Topical Budget / War Office Official Topical Budget

Issue no

317-1

NoS ID

126227

Story no

4 / 5

[SUBTITLE]: "British Commander-in-Chief. Reviews French Division before going into action." Long shot of Haig and staff coming towards camera. Inspecting men in field [same airfield seen again in 318-2]....

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Peter Cushing

Series name

Astra Gazette

Issue no

9

NoS ID

000059

Story no

2 / 4

Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 11/12/56 TV & FILM ACTOR PETER CUSHING. (Kensington) CU Peter Cushing seated at table looking at book. He picks up soldier from table to compare with soldier...

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German Rifles

Date released

17 May 1916

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

247-1

NoS ID

125636

Story no

4 / 6

[SUBTITLE]: "Rifles and pikes used by the rebels in the riots, being brought in and stacked up by soldiers." Soldiers carrying pikes and rifles and stacking them against a wall. Rifles stacked against the...

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