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  1. French Forest Aflame

    Date released
    25 Aug 1949
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1929
    NoS ID
    041886
    Story no
    7 / 7

    Twelve-thousand troops, firemen and volunteers fight great forest fire near Bordeaux which destroyed 100,000 acres of pine trees.

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  2. Wired for Books: Jane Smiley (1989)

    Subject
    Literature

    Jane Smiley, author of Horse Heaven, Moo, and A Thousand Acres, talks to Don Swaim in 1989 about writing a book for ten years, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, teaching writing, and her novel, The Greenlanders.

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  3. Thousand Acres, A (1997 Film, Video)

    Director
    Jocelyn Moorhouse
    Producer
    Marc Abraham; Lynn Arost; Steve Golin; Kate Guinzburg; Sigurjon Sighvatsson

    Film adaptation of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Jane Smiley, which is loosely based on King Lear but with a feminist slant. Larry (Robards) decides to give his daughters joint ownership of his...

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  4. Enborne Valley Says Stop Dam Scheme

    Date released
    29 Jul 1948
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1817
    NoS ID
    041168
    Story no
    2 / 7

    Fertile seven thousand acres on Berkshire-Hampshire border, threatened with "drowning" for new London water scheme, is scene of many protests. Lord Teviot leads local opposition.

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  5. Food from Waste Land

    Date released
    17 Jul 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/57
    NoS ID
    098898
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    The six thousand acre wilderness of Feltwell Fen in South West Norfolk is taken over by the Ministry of Agriculture who set to work at reclaiming the idle acres. New drainage works and pumping plants are put...

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  6. Hong Kong Keeps Cool

    Date released
    30 Jul 1964
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1834A
    NoS ID
    025625
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hong Kong Keeps Cool. DESCRIPTION: In Hong Kong where space for recreation is almost non-existent, they’ve managed to save four acres for a new open air swimming pool. Actually, a...

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  7. London Zoo

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    552
    NoS ID
    326842
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: London Zoo in Regent’s Park is a favourite summer’s day out for Londoners and tourists. Over six and a half thousand animals live happily here in just thirty-four acres and London Line went...

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  8. Britain’s Highest

    Date released
    4 Jun 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1722
    NoS ID
    024651
    Story no
    1 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain’s First Co-Op Skyscraper. DESCRIPTION: The highest occupied building in the United Kingdom is this Manchester skyscraper, completely air-conditioned, and built for the...

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  9. London Zoo

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    976
    NoS ID
    329217
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: London Zoo in Regent’s Park is a favourite summer’s day out for Londoners and tourists. Over six and a half thousand animals live happily here in just thirty-four acres and Maggie Palmer...

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  10. King Lear (1997 Video)

    Director
    Helena Kaut-Howson

    Video recording using a single camera of a performance of King Lear, directed by Helena Kaut-Howson, and performed by the Young Vic/IP Productions at the Young Vic theatre, London, in August 1997. The...

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