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Picas exercises

Series name

Astra Gazette

Issue no

6

NoS ID

000047

Story no

2 / 4

Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 11/19/56 PICAS EXERCISES. (London) MS Room. Senor Bonnet demonstrating before girls. CU Senor Bonnet demonstrating. CU Senor Bonnet’s back as he...

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Khartoum (1966)

Director

Basil Dearden

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 136 minutes), £14.99

In 1880s Sudan, thousands of British-led Egyptian troops are massacred by the forces of Arab fanatic Muhammad Ahmad (Laurence Olivier), who believes he is the Mahdi, and nothing less than Mohammed’s chosen...

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Shakespeare Vs Hitler: Henry V and War Propaganda in Laurence Olivier’s and Kenneth Branagh’s Films (2023 Video)

Recording of a live streamed seminar held in Italy but spoken in English, featuring Professor Arturo Cattaneo and moderated by Valentina Foschi. Cattaneo focuses on the versions of Henry V made by Laurence...

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Cardiac Arrhythmias3 (1980 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats (for use with Biovideograph). col. 20 min.

Discusses the origin of the heart rate and sinus rhythm. A number of physiological manoeuvres are performed to illustrate the way in which the heart responds to the demands of the circulation. Animated...

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Great Moments from Hamlet (1950 Film)

Three extracts from HAMLET (1948) - I ii, I,iii, III i compiled for 8mm release by Castle Films. The BFI National Archive holds the 35mm original. Presented by Laurence Olivier.

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World of Steel (1938 Video)

Director

Laurence Henson

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 5 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

A promotional film made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow, illustrating steel rolling mill production for girders for the Empire Exhibiton Tower.

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Magic Christian, The (1969 Film)

Director

Joseph McGrath

Producer

Denis O’Dell

Feature film. Satirical comedy commenting on greed and fame and what people are prepared to do for money. Laurence Harvey plays a famous Shakespearean who, after being paid to do so by Peter Sellers,...

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In Great Waters (1973 Film)

Director

Laurence Henson

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A general view of small boat fishing on the west coast of Scotland. Examines the problems of catching and marketing. Shows a variety of fishing methods.

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Shakespeare and His Stage: Approaches to Hamlet (1975 Video)

Series

History of Drama

Director

Daniel Seltzer; Harold Mantell

Producer

Harold Mantell

Educational videotape. Attempts to recreate the Elizabethan theatre through the staging of scenes from Hamlet. Contrasts styles of playing with excerpts from performances by Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud,...

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Moonwalk One (2009)

Director

Theo Kamecke

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £29.99

NASA originally commissioned director Theo Kamecke to make this documentary only six weeks before Apollo 11 s flight to the Moon in July 1969. But instead of a simple documentary film, what transpired was a...

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