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A Living Game Of Chess At Balham

Date released

15 Jun 1911

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

34

NoS ID

381752

Story no

3 / 13

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Living Chess at Compiegne

Date released

28 May 1923

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1271

NoS ID

079364

Story no

1 / 5

LV/HAS board, ‘chessmen’. Game.

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Marcel Duchamp: A Game of Chess (1987)

Director

Jean-Marie Drot

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 56 minutes), £14.95

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1868), inventor of the ready-made and ‘godfather’ of Dada and surrealism, abandoned art in 1923. This interview was filmed for his first one-man show in 1963 and gives a unique...

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Chess Comes to Life

Date released

31 Aug 1936

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

575

NoS ID

034683

Story no

2 / 6

Game with human "pieces". Outdoor comedy match follows International Championship.

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Syria: Chess Match at the Borders (2008)

Director

Amal Hamelin des Essarts

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), $348

Syria is a single-party dictatorship country, ruled since 1970 by Hafez al-Assad and, following his death in 2000, by his son Bashar. Despite the lack of any significant oil reserves, this nation is both a...

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Chessmaster

Date released

1975

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

841

NoS ID

329082

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Players at the International Chess Congress in Hastings.

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Tin Research (1971 Film)

Producer

H M Davies

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes the work undertaken by the International Tin Research Institute both at their headquarters in London and at their overseas centres in Brussels, Columbus, Ohio, Dusseldorf, etc. Depicts tangible...

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Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing, An (1986 Video)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Hire sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

A general introduction to the history, principles and practice of remote sensing. After mentioning early airborne observations through aerial photography to satellite systems, discusses the basic principles...

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Towards a Greener Planet (1986 Video)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

Assesses applications of remote sensing in problems of environmental management and agricultural monitoring. It follows on from AN INTRODUCTION TO SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING. Introduces the principles of...

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Remote Sensing: Marine and Coastal Applications (1984 Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

Shows applications of remote sensing in marine science with an emphasis on coastal zone processes. Outlines the industrial, scientific and environmental topics of importance in this zone, and the potential...

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