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Rudy Starita

Date released

22 Jun 1936

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

326

NoS ID

123529

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Pathetone has pleasure in presenting this popular Radio and Variety Band Learder, the newest in musical instruments - the Electric Guitar.

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Mathematics, Magic and the Electric Guitar (2005)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes (approx)), £12.00

A recording of a lecture delivered as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture series by Dr D J Acheson of Oxford University. He asks what is so special about the number 1089. He also...

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Leo Fender, guitar pioneer, dies (1991)

Genre

News report; Obituary; Interview; Music

Report following the death of guitar inventor, Leo Fender, from Parkinson’s disease on 21/03/91 looking at his inventions and who used them. Includes interview with music journalist and producer Stuart...

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The Big Melt

Date

27 Jan 2015, 08:04

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

The Big Melt. 2014. GB. DVD. BFI. 71 minutes + 90 minutes extras. £19.99 About the reviewer: Dr E. Anna Claydon, Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, is author of The...

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Weird and Wonderful Maths (2013)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £10.00

DVD containing two separate talks on the subject of shapes, proof and waves, aimed at GCSE pupils, aged 13 - 16. In MATHS, MYSTERY AND THE ELECTRIC GUITAR, David Acheson shares some of his favourite...

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Guitar Tuning

Date released

1972

Series name

London Line

Issue no

420

NoS ID

350548

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: Many of us play electric guitars; not all of us can tune them. So we invited to our studios a young inventor who has devised an electronic guitar tuner, just to see if it worked. It did.

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String Organ

Date released

1971

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

80

NoS ID

351197

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: Musical instruments have traditionally been banged, blown or scraped. Paul Kriwazcek’s instrument, superficially similar to the electric guitar, produces sound at the lightest touch, making...

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Commonwealth Arts Festival - Musical Instruments

Date released

May 1966

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

18

NoS ID

352759

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: At a factory in Britain modern instruments are produced to play modern music. The science of electronics has led to a difference in method and sound from the classical guitars. The electric...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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