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Rouget De Lisle

Date released

22 Jul 1915

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

452

NoS ID

075950

Story no

1 / 7

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Restoration Stage, The: From Tennis Court to Playhouse (Video)

Subject

Architecture; Drama

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 46 min., £38.00 (+VAT inc p&p)

Traces the origins of the first Restoration playhouses in London from the example of French tennis court theatres in Paris. Shows how Sir William Davenant’s 1661 adaptation of Lisle’s tennis court into a...

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Say It in Russian. Lesson 26 (1966 Television)

Producer

Lisle Willis

Television Russian language learning series. This lesson includes footage from Innokenti Smoktunovsky in Kozintsev’s GAMLET (1964) and teaches the student how to say ‘to be or not to be’ in Russian.

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First hour of London Talkback Radio (1989)

Genre

Interview; Book review; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement; Special

The first hour of new radio station, London Talkback Radio (approx. 0600-0700 hours), announced and presented by Douglas Cameron, with Bob Wellings; officially opened by toastmaster Ivor Spencer. Members of...

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Matthews Meets Fred Perry, tennis player (1986)

Mike Matthews meets Fred Perry, an English tennis player and Wimbledon champion. He was the World No. 1 tennis player and the only player to win in 4 consecutive years [1934 to 1938]. Born May 18, 1909, he...

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A head on my shoulders: the diary of Dame Alice Lisle (1985)

aka: Vesper Hunter in conversation with Sean Street

Three hundred years ago on September 3rd (1685), Dame Alice Lisle of Moyles Court near Ringwood was executed for giving shelter to two supporters of the Monmouth Rebellion. Now Vesper Hunter, an author who...

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PIER DRILL

Date released

Dec 1957

Series name

Mining Review 11th Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

345982

Story no

1 / 4

BFI synopsis: experimental bore-hole tests coal reserves 1,000 feet down under the River Tyne NCB Commentary - Tynemouth Pier is playing an unexpected part in the expansion of the Durham coal field. Hard by...

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King John (1940 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Shortened version of Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham. With Malcolm Keen in the title role.

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Twelfth Night (1942 Radio)

Producer

Barbara Burnham

Radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy produced by Barbara Burnham and adapted by Hugh Stewart. The cast includes Peggy Ashcroft as Viola, Alec Guinness as Orsino and Ralph Richardson as Sir Toby.

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Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble (1945 Radio)

Series

Appointment with Fear

Producer

Martyn C. Webster

Second in a series of request radio plays, this half-hour mystery and suspense radio series was written by John Dickson Carr, and produced by Martyn C. Webster.

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