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Old Folks Take Heart in New Houses

Date released

1 Jan 1948

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1757

NoS ID

040861

Story no

6 / 6

Recently revealed plight of old-age pensioners in Croydon stirs Council to help them. Islington, London, starts block of flats intended for old people. Home for aged in Streatham makes merry at Christmas.

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Growing Old (1985 Video)

Producer

Vic Lockwood; Anne Pointon

Subject

Medical sciences; Sociology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Looks at the lives of three people over 70 and the problems they have experienced because of growing old: widowhood, disability, illness and loneliness.

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Will Power (2002 Radio)

Producer

Mark Whitaker

Radio documentary. Twice a week for almost ten years 61-year-old actor Bob Smith (author of the memoir Hamlet’s Dresser) has travelled to New York City from his home in Connecticut to read Shakespeare with...

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Francis Casey receives life sentence for murder (1994)

Genre

Interview

An 18 year-old man who stamped a disabled pensioner to death has been detained for life at the Old Bailey today. Francis Casey was found guilty of murdering 88 year-old Lillian Notley at her home in...

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Petersfield Week [inserts] - CD4 (1987)

Petersfield Week [inserts - final mixes] - CD4. A tour to Petersfield to know more about this place. The programme started on 09-02-1987 [tape box has 14-02-1987] and has followed for one week. TRACK 1-...

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Britain Neglects Her Old People - This System Must Go!

Date released

30 Jan 1947

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

47/9

NoS ID

101580

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Pathe investigation the situation of old people in Britain’s institutions, visiting homes at Epsom, Farnham and Cambridge. Story based on the Nuffield report. Advisor Lord Amulree.

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Royal Visit to Crookston Home for Old People

Date released

28 Jul 1947

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1415

NoS ID

066168

Extras

1 film clip

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Yanks Visit Old People

Date released

12 Mar 1964

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

64/22

NoS ID

111082

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Americans of Airforce Weather Station "adopt" old peoples’ home.

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Old People

Date released

25 Jan 1954

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

489

NoS ID

119754

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

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Remember The Old Folks

Date released

26 Jul 1954

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

54/57

NoS ID

105943

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The Government’s pledge to increase the Old Age Pensions brings into focus the plight of the old people of Britain. Pathe News visits some of the pensioners and studies some of their problems.

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