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Instruments of the Orchestra/Steps of the Ballet (1995 Video)

Subject

Dance; Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 45 min., 1995 sale: £9.95 (inclusive)

Two classic education films of the 1940s from the Crown Film Unit. INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA features Sir Malcolm Sargent and the London Symphony Orchestra and centres around specially composed music by...

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Turn of the Screw, The (Opera) (2004)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 110 minutes), Subscription only

Benjamin Britten’s opera based on the Henry James novel about a governess who discovers that the house in which she lives and works is haunted by the evil spirits of two former employees, and that her two...

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Coal Face (1935 Video)

Director

Alberto Cavalcanti

Producer

John Grierson

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Hire (film - BFI), Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 10 min.

Coalmining in Britain in the 1930s - conditions and state of the industry in the economy at that time. Set to verse by W H Auden, with music by Benjamin Britten.

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War Requiem (2008)

Director

Derek Jarman

Subject

English language and literature; History; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes), £19.99

Based on the life of Wilfred Owen, the poet, who died in 1918, this film is a blend of Benjamin Britten’s music, Owen’s poetry and director Derek Jarman’s visuals. The film includes wartime footage...

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Instruments of the Orchestra (1946 Video)

aka: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Subject

Music

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 21 min.

Contains the Benjamin Britten composition ‘Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell’ better known as ‘The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’. Through the co-operation of the composer,...

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Harewood Heir Christened

Date released

1 Jan 1951

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1126

NoS ID

016853

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Harewood Heir Christened. DESCRIPTION: At the fourteenth century church in the grounds of Harewood House, Yorkshire, Dr Garbett, Archbishop of York, performed the christening ceremony....

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King’s Stamp, The (1935 Video)

Director

William Coldstream

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 20 min.

Shows the designing, lithographing and printing of the King George V Silver Jubilee stamp. A short history of postage stamps is dramatised with scenes about Rowland Hill and the reactions of the general...

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Royal Family See Gala Performance at Covent Garden

Date released

11 Jun 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2325

NoS ID

044443

Story no

7 / 7

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

First performance of Benjamin Britten’s opera "Gloriana" has royal patronage.

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Moor’s Pavane, The (1973 Video)

José Limón’s ballet set to music by Benjamin Britten with Rudolf Nureyev as Othello and Lynn Seymour as Desdemona. The NYPL cataloguing record notes that the tape contains three almost complete...

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Aldeburgh Festival

Date released

11 Jun 1970

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2140A

NoS ID

028352

Story no

5 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aldeburgh Festival. DESCRIPTION: Music lovers can now revisit the Maltings - focal point of the Aldeburgh Festival - so tragically burned down less than a year after its opening. The...

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