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President and Macarthur Meet

Date released

23 Oct 1950

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1116

NoS ID

016729

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: President and Macarthur. DESCRIPTION: The tiny Wake Island, far out in the Pacific and miles from anywhere, was the place where President Truman met General MacArthur - for the first...

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Sonnet, The (1997 Video)

Producer

Amanda Willett

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2004 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the 600-year-old poetic form of the sonnet. Poets Tony Harrison, Wendy Cope and Douglas Dunn explain why the sonnet is still so popular among contemporary poets.

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Twelfth Night (1927 Radio)

aka: Schools: The Drama

Series

Schools

Second of a six-part series of plays broadcast to schools. A dramatic interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy by representative Radio Players. With Douglas Burbidge, Lillian Harrison and Abraham Sofaer.

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Risley Remand Centre returns 300 prisoners to cells (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Prison officers at the Risley Remand Centre in Warrington, Cheshire are threatening to take industrial action following last week’s riots. They are angry at the decision by the authorities to move more...

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Poets and People (3 Parts) (1987 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30, 45, 45 min.

Part 1: Douglas Dunn reads his poems to a mixed-age audience at a community school on a deprived housing estate outside Edinburgh. An account of Dunn’s background is illustrated by stills of places...

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RAF Tornado crashes in Lochearnhead (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

Liz Monaghan reports on reaction after a low-flying RAF Tornado jet crashed just outside Lochearnhead in Perthshire narrowly missing a primary school packed with children. Two airmen died. Includes interview...

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Richard II (1927 Radio)

aka: Schools: The Drama

Series

Schools

Producer

Cedric Hardwicke

Sixth and last in a series of broadcasts to schools. A dramatic interpretation of Shakespeare’s Richard II, this episode is produced by Cedrick Hardwicke and is performed by Douglas Jefferies, Abraham...

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Tempest, The (1927 Radio)

aka: Schools: The Drama

Series

Schools

Producer

Michael Hogan

Fourth of a series of six plays broadcast to schools. A dramatic interpretation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, this episode is produced by Michael Hogan and is performed by Douglas Burbidge, Abraham Sofaer,...

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Much Ado About Nothing (1963 Audio)

Director

Howard Sackler

A complete performance with Rex Harrison as Benedick and Rachel Roberts as Beatrice.

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Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1928 Radio)

Series

Plays to Schools

Schools broadcast of Shakespeare’s play.

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