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Up-Helly-AA Festival

Date released

9 Feb 1939

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

39/12

NoS ID

096839

Story no

2 / 16

Extras

1 film clip

Descendents of the Norsemen put on the guise of their forefathers for their annual festival.

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Across the Tracks: The Vlach Gypsies of Hungary (1988 Video)

aka: Vlach Gypsies

Director

John Blake

Distribution

Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (Granada)

Vlach gypsies are unassimilated descendents of gypsy slaves in Wallachia in Romania in the 19th century. Explores the gypsies’ position in socialist Hungary through the eyes of three related families,...

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The Great Trek

Date released

2 Jan 1939

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

39/1

NoS ID

096711

Story no

5 / 10

Extras

1 film clip

One hundred years after, the modern South Africa remembers the ‘Voortrekkers’ descendents of the original Dutch settlers who left Cape Colony to open up the interior and founded the Transvaal.

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Dance of the Plough Stots at Goathlands

Date released

16 Jan 1939

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

39/5

NoS ID

096765

Story no

8 / 11

Extras

1 film clip

Village men, descendents of those who danced it over a thousand years ago, perform dance probably pagan in origin, to raise money for charity.

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Blood is Strong, The (3 Parts) (1988 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 60 min., 1996 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) each

3: Looks at the new Gaelic Scots and their determination to retain traditional culture while developing modern technology and industry in the Western Isles.

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Quest for the Phoenicians (2006)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 53 minutes), £9.99

In their heyday, the Phoenicians dominated Mediterranean waters with commercial skill and seafaring force. Yet very little is known about this ancient people; their cities, temples and culture were destroyed...

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Scotland: Highland Problems

Date released

1937

Series name

The March of Time 3rd Year

Issue no

2

NoS ID

352166

Story no

3 / 3

The March of Time synopsis: "Scotland’s Highland Problems" an episode in the latest issue of the March of Time brings to the screen a new subject of major interest to everyone in Great Britain. The wild,...

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Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon, The

Subject

History; Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 176 minutes), £19.99

Between 1900-1913, filmmakers Mitchell & Kenyon roamed Northern England, Scotland and Ireland filming the everyday lives of people at work and play. For 70 years, 800 rolls of this early nitrate film sat in...

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