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BFI synopsis: a chair made of coal recently auctioned at Sotheby’s. NCB Commentary - Sotheby’s - London’s famous Auctioneers - are now in the coal trade. It all happened when a chair made entirely of...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mind Your Manors!. DESCRIPTION: Queen Boadicea set fire to Colchester, and they gave her a statue on Westminster Bridge. But the man who caused the recent blaze of publicity for this...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chimp’arty. DESCRIPTION: At London Zoo, the Chimps Tea Party tends to make us forget that Chimps can do a lot besides making us laugh. At Dudley Zoo, Chimp Artists show their style...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ulster Show. DESCRIPTION: In spite of troubles within the province, Ulster’s farming life still goes on. Top line in pigs, Hereford Bulls and Friesian cows were on show. SHOTLIST: GV...
Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: Sir Roy Welensky holds a number of meetings and informal gatherings to explain the Franchise Act to Nyasaland. Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - The Prime Minister held numerous...
In this 11-disc set, Conservative politician Michael Portillo swaps his treasured copy of Bradshaw’s Handbook for its stateside counterpart - an 1879 edition of Appleton’s General Guide to the United...
Monty at Large. Monty Modlyn visits Sotheby’s and Christie’s auction houses in London. The history, turnover, structure, policy, fakes, manuscripts and hallmarking are discussed. Includes stories of...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Charity Greyhound Race Meeting. DESCRIPTION: A Greyhound Meeting held at Crayford Stadium together with an Auction was held in aid of the Injured Jockeys’ Fund. SHOTLIST: MCU...
Feature film. A spy thriller taking it’s name from Hamlet’s line ‘I am but mad north-north-west’ (II ii). New York advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Grant) is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Evacuation of Egypt Begun. DESCRIPTION: The British Army is beginning its evacuation of Egypt and the construction of a new GCHQ at Fayid in the Canal Zone. SHOTLIST: GV dump of surplus...
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