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  1. Stapleford Miniature Railway

    Date released
    25 Dec 1977
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2534
    NoS ID
    031081
    Story no
    3 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Stapleford Miniature Railway. DESCRIPTION: The popular draw at Stapleford Park, home of Lord Gretton, is the miniature railway system. Since it opened 20 years ago the railway has been...

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  2. Christmas is Coming

    Date released
    19 Nov 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1746
    NoS ID
    024885
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Is Coming. DESCRIPTION: The Christmas shopping season is now well under way, so we have been to see some of the decorations which will transform our stores and shopping...

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  3. What Shall we Do with Granny? (2 Parts) (1972 Film, Video)

    Director
    Jim Murray
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at several different families and the ways in which sons and daughters have tried to resolve the problem of what to do with parents who need looking after. Should old people go into homes? What kind of...

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  4. Accumulating Years and Wisdom (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explores the lives of five elderly people and looks at the experience of ageing from the point of view of the people themselves and how their earlier experiences, and coping with adversity and loss, shapes...

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  5. Declining Citizenship (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the citizenship status of older people and particularly the changes in welfare provision for them in final two decades of the 20th century. Among the issues explored are defining the most important...

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  6. What Can You Expect at Your Age?: Challenging Ageist Practice (1994 Video)

    Director
    Gavin Nettleton
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 68 min.

    A video-based learning package intended to challenge ageist practice. Explores issues related to caring for older people and features older people themselves and those who work with them. Covers: aspects of...

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  7. Men in the News

    Date released
    10 Dec 1945
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    45/99
    NoS ID
    100881
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Sibelius, world famous composer is 80 years old this week. Shots from the only film ever taken of him are backgrounded with selections from his music. (Exclusive). [50 ft] Library shots of Lord Lang of...

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  8. Older Brains, New Connections: A Conversation with Marian Diamond at 73 (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2000 sale: US$125.00 (+p&p)

    Research by neuroanatomist Marian Diamond has shown that the brain, and thus intellectual functioning, is enhanced by environmental factors. Her work affirms the importance of mental stimulation for older...

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  9. On Old Age 2: A Conversation with Joan Erikson at 92 (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 30 min., 1999 sale: US$125.00 (+p&p)

    Joan M Erikson at age 92 describes her search for a better living situation for her frail husband and then poignantly recounts his subsequent death. She uses these experiences to suggest strategies to meet...

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  10. How to Live Forever (2009)

    Director
    Mark S. Wexler
    Producer
    Mark Luethi; Mark S. Wexler
    Subject
    Health Education
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 92 minutes), $19.95

    Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. During the course of his investigations he meets 94-year-old...

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