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Premier’s Call to the Nation

Date released

11 Aug 1947

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

47/64

NoS ID

101918

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

From No 10 Premier Attlee addressed this call to the nation in the 1947 Battle for Production.

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Prohibition (2011)

Director

Ken Burns; Lynn Novick

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 360 minutes), $34.99

Three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the...

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King Lear (2018 Audio)

Series

Lend Me Your Ears

This six-episode podcast miniseries looks at the political currents that influenced Shakespeare and how they apply to the world today. Hosted by Isaac Butler. If a nation can be thought of as a family,...

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Thatcher on nation’s finances (1983)

Genre

Speech

Extract from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s speech in Glasgow on the nation’s finances claiming they are in a good state. Mentions small budget deficit, reduced inflation, improvement in the trade...

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News report about the assassination of Airey Neave MP (1979)

Airey Neave, a conservative MP, was the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, during the govern of Margaret Thatcher. The House of Commons is very schocked by the news of his assassination today. Michael...

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AIDS (1985)

It has been suggested that one third of gay men in London now carry the AIDS virus. Doctors have predicted 10,000 deaths in the capital by 1989, spreading across the nation as time goes on. This programme...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Conference - Becoming Scotland: Screen Cultures in a Small Nation

Date

13 Aug 2014, 09:03

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

Post

Becoming Scotland: Screen Cultures in a Small Nation 28-29 August 2014 Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh www.qmu.ac.uk/whats-on/becoming-scotland.htm Questions about Scotland and Scottish-ness...

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Technicolor - "Special"

Date released

24 Aug 1969

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

69/69

NoS ID

113724

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Napoleon may have called us a nation of shopkeepers, but it’s as a nation of gardeners that we continue to prove our prowess. The annual floral spectacular, the Shrewsbury Flower Show, proved the point.

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All Russia Red Army Offensive

Date released

11 Jan 1943

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1238

NoS ID

038520

Story no

1 / 2

Nation-wide USSR film survey, made on Soviet Jubilee, shows whole nation making maximum war-effort. In Caucasus, Red Army takes offensive. Spectacular fighting against impressive mountain background.

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Health of the Nation (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report by Brian Ging on reaction to the Government’s White Paper, entitled the Health of the Nation. The targets are being met according to Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell and he says the issues of...

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