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The Super Lift - Grimaldi, Italy

Date released

27 Jun 1938

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

431

NoS ID

124027

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

High speed lift takes tourist up to grottoes at top of cliff.

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Decameron, The (1970 Video)

aka: Decamarone, Il

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Producer

Alberto Grimaldi

Subject

Italian studies

Distribution

DVD

An uncut version of Pasolini’s film adaptation of ten stories from Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’, his 14th-century reworking of a hundred bawdy Italian folk-tales.

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Songe, Le (2011 Video)

Director

Jean-Christophe Maillot

Ballet based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream choreographed by Jean-Christophe Maillot and performed by Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Nicolas Brochot and...

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Church holds special Clowns’ Service (1996)

Genre

Interview; News report; Vox pop

Dalston’s Holy Trinity Church, officially recognised since 1959 as the spiritual home of clowns, hosted the 50th annual Clowns’ Service over the weekend. The service is organised by the Clowns...

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Pantomime in Scotland

Date

18 Jul 2013, 15:29

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Pantomime in Scotland: a celebration of Scottish pantomime on film 2010. GB. DVD. 165 minutes. University of Glasgow / Scottish Screen. Price: £18.95 (+ p&p). Available from:...

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Clowns’ church service (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Peter Gould reports on the clowns’ annual service at Holy Trinity Church; interview with Rev. Michael Shrewsbury, clowns’ chaplain; David Barnes, organiser; Pierre, a clown; sermon by Rev. Ron Lancaster

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Satyricon (1969 Video)

Director

Federico Fellini

Producer

Alberto Grimaldi

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 124 min., 1996 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Less an adaptation of Petronius’ tales than a free-form fantasia on his themes, showing the decadence of Rome in Nero’s reign.

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Arabian Nights, The (1974 Video)

aka: Fiore Delle Mille e una Notte, Il

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Producer

Alberto Grimaldi

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

DVD

The final part of Pasolini’s ‘Trilogy of life’ series which also includes THE DECAMERON and THE CANTERBURY TALES. A dream-like, sensuous interpretation of the original folk tales. Locations in Yemen,...

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Her Majesty’s Jubilee Year Begins

Date released

20 Feb 1977

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2490

NoS ID

030945

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen Opens Museum of London. DESCRIPTION: Last December, Her Majesty opened the new Museum of London which contains displays that reflect life in the City down the centuries. On...

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Pantomime Dame, The (1982 Film, Video)

Director

Elizabeth Wood

Producer

Elizabeth Wood

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The pantomime has been a uniquely British tradition for over 200 years, but the pantomime dame belongs to an older tradition having evolved from Grimaldi’s clown of the early 1800s through the burlesque...

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