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Filming the Brains Trust

Date released

30 Apr 1945

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

33

NoS ID

117749

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

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Aldous Huxley: The Spoken Word (2010)

Subject

English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 74 minutes), £9.95

This CD contains recordings from the BBC archives spanning nearly thirty years. On it, Aldous Huxley discusses a range of topics, including the causes of war and the effects of drug-taking on the writing...

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Joad and Formby Pick Best Belle

Date released

2 Sep 1946

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1618

NoS ID

040193

Story no

4 / 6

Brains Trust Professor displays unexpected talent when assisting George Formby as judge of Morecambe bathing beauty contest.

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: News from the Tomato Front

Date released

26 Aug 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

742A

NoS ID

012810

Story no

1 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News From Tomato Front. DESCRIPTION: A report from the Central Hall, Westminster, where the London Backyard Brains Trust has had a session. SHOTLIST: Cut story - At the Central Hall,...

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Brighter Hats for Men

Date released

28 Nov 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1069

NoS ID

016063

Story no

2 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Brighter Hats for Men. DESCRIPTION: In London on the eve of the feast of St Clement (Patron Saint of hatters), David Farrar, James Laver, Donald McCullough, Jeanne Neal and Leslie...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Donald McCullough (Question Master of the Brains Trust) - Reviews Our Wonderful Harvest

Date released

28 Sep 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

695

NoS ID

012461

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ministry of Agriculture. DESCRIPTION: This year the harvest has broken all records. SHOTLIST: General shot of cornfield with horse & cart being lead through same. Children stacking...

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Human Brain - Pathology, The (1997 Video)

Producer

Victoria Salmon

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 24 minutes), £49.00

Dr Marco Rossi examines different examples of human brains which present evidence of trauma or disease. Exterior examination or partial dissection show various characteristics as they present themselves:...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Plough at War - By Donald McCullough (Of the BBC Brains Trust)

Date released

21 Dec 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

707

NoS ID

012551

Story no

3 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Plough at War Special. DESCRIPTION: Big new tractors are making swift work of ploughing and after three years of war we are producing two thirds of the food we eat. The Women’s Land...

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Birth of the National Health Service (2009)

Subject

Medical sciences; Politics & government

On 5 July 1948, the National Health Service was launched with the proud expectation that it would make the UK the ‘envy of the world’. This collection of programme extracts, party political broadcasts,...

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Meet Your Brain (3 Parts) (2012)

Subject

Biology; Psychology

In the 2011 series of Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, experimental psychologist Professor Bruce Hood delivers three, 60-minute lectures on the human brain. In the last few years, science has started to...

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