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Reports: History of Trains

Date released

17 Jun 1937

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

419A

NoS ID

007709

Story no

4 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: History in Trains. SHOTLIST: Shot of engine built in 1837 alongside Coronation Scot. Shots of the ‘Lion’ with steam funnel on top. Coronation Scot on the rails, past camera. LMS train.

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For Your Pleasure (1970 Film)

Director

Derek Phillips

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 4 minutes), £9.50

Animated film showing how ‘progress’ comes to rural England. Constable’s painting of Willie Lot’s cottage is gradually turned into a super-motorway.

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Sisi auf Schloß Gödöllö (Film)

aka: Sisi at Gödöllö Castle

Producer

Jost Hering; Christian Frosch

Feature film depicting a few hours of the life of Empress Elisabeth (1837-1898). Residing at the Hungarian castle Gödöllö in the company of actors, gypsies, and Siamese twins, Elisabeth (Ursula...

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The Grand National, 1931!

Date released

30 Mar 1931

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

31/26

NoS ID

089027

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip

The world’s greatest race. The race for the Grand National - first run in 1837 - is 4 miles, 836 yards over 30 obstacles and is worth £9,310 to the winner - described by Captain Geoffrey Gilbey, the...

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Constable: ‘The Leaping Horse’ (1987 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Constable’s ‘The Leaping Horse’ is used as the basis for a discussion on the landscape genre in art and the skills and techniques available to the landscape artist. Also considers the constraints and...

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This Sceptred Isle (1999 Audio)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 20 audiocassettes. 1740 min. 28 Compact discs. 1740 min., 2001 sale: £10.99 (+p&p) each part 2001 sale: £50.00 (+p&p) 20th century subset on cassette 2001 sale: £75.00 (+p&p) 20th century subset on CD 2001 sale: £89.95 (+p&p) complete set on cassette 2001 sale: £150.00 (+p&p) complete set on CD

An account of the nation from the arrival of Julius Caesar to the end of the 20th century, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee. Features extracts from Winston Churchill’s ‘A history of...

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The Grand National - Aintree

Date released

29 Mar 1926

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1280; Super Issue No.: 26/25

NoS ID

084941

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip

The race of the "Grand National" - first run in 1837 - is 4 miles 836 yards over 30 obstacles and is worth £5,000 to the winner. The Parade. All eyes on the packed stands were then glued on the start -...

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Architectural Drawings of the Regency Period: Voysey and Decoration (1992 Multimedia)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

out of distribution, 80 slides. col.

The Regency period (1790-1837) was one of the great ages of architectural draughtsmanship and saw technical advances and developments in architectural practice. This exhibition shows how different sorts of...

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Constable with Tim Marlow (2006)

aka: Tim Marlow on... Constable: The Great Landscapes

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £12.99

Art critic Tim Marlow introduces the 2006 blockbuster exhibition at Tate Britain - ‘Constable: The Great Landscapes’. He explains why the great master’s famous ‘six footer’ landscapes are among the...

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Constable at Tate (2006)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), £21.99

John Constable revolutionised landscape painting and the way in which we see the natural world. Many of his major works are in the Tate collection and this film uses those paintings and drawings to consider...

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