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  1. Borstal Training

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    659
    NoS ID
    328900
    Story no
    1 / 1

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  2. Half a Lifetime (1969 Film)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the heroin addict filmed in THE ADDICT ALONE some two-and-a-half years later. He is still on drugs in spite of a year in Borstal, and his condition is worse. The life of other addicts in London is...

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  3. Boys in Brown, The (1949 Film)

    Director
    Montgomery Tully
    Producer
    Antony Darnborough

    Feature film. The governor of a borstal tries to reform a group of inmates through understanding rather than punishment. Includes a scene in which six would-be escapees enact Brutus’ death scene (V v) from...

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  4. Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The (2003)

    Director
    Tony Richardson
    Producer
    Michael Holden; Tony Richardson
    Subject
    Literature; Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £17.99 (BFI)

    Feature film adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his own short story. A borstal boy finds freedom in the solitude of cross-country running. When his sporting prowess catches the eye of the governor he is coached...

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  5. Supposing -! A Little Fantasy by the Nutty Nib (and Joe Noble)

    Date released
    14 Jan 1932
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    554
    NoS ID
    332900
    Story no
    3 / 5

    NoS Summary - Joe Noble animation about men becoming more feminine in their dress. British Pathe synopsis: Animation by Joe Noble. "Adam is fond of designing Eve’s clothes - why shouldn’t she have a try...

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