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New Air Attache for Brussels

Date released

20 Jul 1953

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1259

NoS ID

018638

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Air Attache for Brussels. DESCRIPTION: The British Embassy in Brussels recently attracted a number of cameras, which focussed on the arrival of Group Captain Peter Townsend....

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Iranian Embassy Siege (2004)

Subject

History; Military Science; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), 9.99

In April 1980 the world watched and waited as gunmen held 26 people hostage at the Iranian Embassy in London. The siege was played out in the full glare of the world media. The final drama unfolded in front...

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Foreword to ‘Cymbeline Refinished’ (1951 Radio)

Radio broadcast of G.B. Shaw’s Foreword to his rewriting of Act V of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline (Cymbeline Refinished, 1937). Read by Noel Illif.

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US Embassy in Beirut bombed (1983)

Genre

News report

Report on a bomb attack on the US Embassy in Beirut. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

US Hostages in Iran - nd [Jan 1981] (1981)

Background to the 52 American hostages held in Iran. Released Jan 20th 1981 after 444 days. The hostage drama which has taken so long to resolve, began on the 4th of November of 1979. Hundreds of muslimns...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Media Screen Roundup - March 2014

Date

10 Apr 2014, 14:22

Author

Linda

Post Type

Post

The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. The latest issue of Revue LISA/LISA...

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Embassy Burnt

Date released

7 Feb 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2227

NoS ID

029239

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Embassy Burnt. DESCRIPTION: A day of national mourning. Fifteen thousand people in Dublin watch the burning down of the British Embassy. Irish police stood by while petrol and gelignite...

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Russian Embassy Ablaze

Date released

12 Jan 1956

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1388A

NoS ID

020645

Story no

6 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russian Embassy Fire. DESCRIPTION: The blazing inferno in Ottawa is the Russian Embassy, the fire was out of control and the building eventually a total loss. SHOTLIST: GVs blazing...

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Embassy Wedding. Marriage of the Duke of Alba and Marquesa San Vincente Del Barco at the Spanish Embassy

Date released

11 Oct 1920

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

997

NoS ID

078116

Story no

5 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Duke of Alba alights from car, followed by dignitaries and Roman Catholic clergy; bridal car moves away.

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: US Marines in London

Date released

10 Jul 1941

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

631A

NoS ID

011792

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Marines at US Embassy. DESCRIPTION: A small detachment of American Marines are in London for duty at the American Embassy. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the marines being paraded and...

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