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History of a Mystery, The (1996 Video)

Director

William Cran

Producer

William Cran

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Investigates rumours of buried treasure stolen from Solomon’s temple and buried beneath the streets of Renne-le-Chateau in southern France, linked to an elaborate conspiracy involving secret Christian...

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Gold Rush Memories (1996 Video)

Producer

Jonathan Gili

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Story of Will White from Dorset, one of thousands of amateur prospectors who rushed to the Klondike river in northern Canada in 1996 in search of gold, gleaned from his letter home. Also tells of colourful...

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People Vs Friar Laurence, The Man Who Killed Romeo and Juliet (2004 Audio)

Sound recording, with original cast, of the musical stage comedy written by Ron West and Phil Swann.

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World War Two Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, The Nazis and the West (2008)

Director

Laurence Rees

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £29.99

This documentary series tells the story of Stalin’s dealings with the Nazis, and later Churchill and Roosevelt, and the impact this had on World War II and the fate of post-war Europe.

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Sfx in the Cinema (1994 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £16.50 (inc VAT +p&p)

A video-based teaching pack that uses interviews, film clips and special effects to explore the techniques and visionary impulses in the creation of special effects in science fiction and fantasy films.

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Laurence Olivier Shakespeare Collection (2007 Video)

7-disc set containing KING LEAR (tx 3/4/1983), THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (tx 10/02/1974) AS YOU LIKE IT (1936), HENRY V (1944), HAMLET (1948) and RICHARD III (1955). Also includes a Michael Parkinson interview...

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Evidence of Vikings (1995 Video)

Producer

Alan Ereira

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Although a warlike people, the Vikings are seen to be great navigators, crossing uncharted seas to discover new lands. Robin Knox-Johnston finds that a Viking navigational system is more accurate than a...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Royalty Honours Hamlet Premiere

Date released

10 May 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

988

NoS ID

015091

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royalty Honours Hamlet Premiere. DESCRIPTION: Their Majesties Princess Elizabeth and Margaret and the Duke of Edinburgh attended the premiere of Sir Laurence Olivier’s ‘Hamlet’....

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Henry V (1944 Film)

Trailer for HENRY V (1944). Laurence Olivier is seen seated at Denham Studios in 1944. He reads a letter he has written to Filippo Del Giudice telling him of the completion of the film. There follows a...

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Laurence Olivier: Henry V (1999 Radio)

Series

Centurians

Producer

Lawrence Pollard

Radio programme. !0 years after his death, what is Olivier’s cultural legacy? By cutting the theatre text of Henry V he created a film of patriotic wartime propaganda which still colours perceptions of...

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