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Reports: US Police throw whisky away

Date released

29 Nov 1937

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

443

NoS ID

008240

Story no

5 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: US Police Throw Whisky Away. SHOTLIST: Shots of the bottles of spirit being smashed against the wall.

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Whisky Galore! (1949)

Director

Alexander Mackendrick

Subject

English language and literature; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 83 minutes), £12.99

When a ship carrying 50,000 cases of whisky runs aground, the inhabitants of a Scottish island cannot resist the temptation to replenish their depleted supplies. Only an English Home Guard captain stands in...

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Prince of Denmark Hill (1997 Television)

Director

Adam Rowley

Producer

John Akass

Fiction short. A contemporary reworking (as a black comedy) of Hamlet, set in South London gangland. Revolving around a game of Russian Roulette between Keith and Dave at the wedding reception of the...

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Whisky to increase in price (1977)

Genre

Interview

Norman Kirke, a distiller, discusses the EEC ruling that distillers should increase the cost of Scotch whisky in Great Britain. As prices rise, Kirke says, whisky will not be able to compete with European...

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Nippy sweets: a bland music, words about Scottish whisky (1984)

Documentary about the Scottish whisky industry

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Hamish Watt on Johnnie Walker whisky withdrawal (1977)

Genre

Interview

Hamish Watt MP on distillers’ withdrawal of Johnnie Walker whisky under the terms of an EEC directive. Male interviewer not identified.

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Teddy Taylor on Johnnie Walker whisky withdrawal (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Conservative MP Teddy Taylor on the reaction of the Scottish to distillers being forced to withdraw Johnnie Walker whisky from the home market by EEC regulations.

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Thatcher visits distillery and makes gaffe (1985)

Genre

News report; Speech

Report on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s visit to the Knockando distillery, Speyside, Scotland where she makes an unintended remark suggesting the whisky industry is resting on its laurels. Includes...

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Something to Celebrate

Date released

28 May 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1825A

NoS ID

025553

Story no

2 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Something to Celebrate. DESCRIPTION: In the second soccer test in Sydney, Everton won by 5 goals to 1, against Australia. A new blend of whisky is being produced in Melbourne. Forty two...

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A Prospect of Whisky

Date released

21 Mar 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1033

NoS ID

015639

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prospect of Whisky. DESCRIPTION: We look at the various processes which barley etc., has to pass before it becomes the real thing. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV Scottish village. GV...

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