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    Date released
    4 Sep 1939
    Series name
    The March of Time 5th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    352943
    Story no
    1 / 1

    Today’s Cinema synopsis: This issue of the famous series ... is devoted to the history of films from its early experimental beginnings to the flawless technique of to-day’s talkies. To a commentary which...

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  2. Soap and Water (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at two aspects of water supply - the provision of abundant quantities of clean water and the consequences of that water being available. The building of the Thirlmere Dam in the Lake District in the...

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  3. Google Doodle honours Louis Daguerre

    Date
    18 Nov 2011, 09:57
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
    Post

    A Google Doodle has been created to honour Louis Daguerre (1787–1851), who devised the daguerreotype, the first successful form of permanent photography. Those interested in the development of early cinema...

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  4. War Room, The (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £14.99

    Cinema verité-style documentary taking a behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton’s 1992 US presidential campaign, from the early New Hmpshire primary to the victory party in Little Rock, Arkansas, almost...

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  5. THE OLD PHEASANT

    Date released
    May 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    346003
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: the landlord of a Bedworth pub, the ‘Old Pheasant’, draws customers by setting up a film projector once a week to show old classics. NCB Commentary - At the old Pheasant, Bedworth, many of...

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  6. STORMY GENIUS

    Date released
    Apr 1960
    Series name
    Mining Review 13th Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    346081
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Eastwood, birthplace of D.H. Lawrence, son of a miner, whose "Sons and Lovers" is being filmed there. NCB Commentary - D. H. Lawrence, writer of genius and son of a miner, was born at...

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  7. Origins of Scientific Cinematography, The (1994)

    Director
    Hans-Karl Galle; Virgilio Tosi
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £49.99

    A DVD of the 3-volume video set produced during 1990-1993 to illustrate the book of the same title by Virgilio Tosi. Part 1: A compilation of documentary film sequences arranged chronologically in six...

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  8. Media Screen Round-up, August - September 2016

    Date
    12 Oct 2016, 11:21
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The monthly round-up of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at Learning on Screen by Andrew Ormsby. This month's selection features two...

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  9. Cinema Before Cinema: The Origins of Scientific Cinematography

    Date
    18 Aug 2015, 10:56
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
    Page

    This classic history of early film and photography, first published in 1984, describes the scientific impulses behind sequence photographers such as Eadweard Muybridge and E.J. Marey, whose work led directly...

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  10. The Sounds of Early Cinema in Britain

    Date
    24 Feb 2011, 17:28
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
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    The Sounds of Early Cinema in Britain: Performance, Realisation and Reception 7-8 April 2011 Institute of Musical Research (IMR) and the Barbican Centre, London Speakers include: Professor Rick Altman...

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