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Any Elstree or Hollywood for Japan?

Date released

19 Feb 1931

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

31/15

NoS ID

088957

Story no

6 / 9

Extras

1 film clip

The Japanese ambassador spends crowded day visiting BIP studios.

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Elstree Story, The (1952)

Director

Gilbert Gunn

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 61 minutes), £6.98

Film profile of the Elstree studio presented by actor Richard Todd. Starting in 1927 when the first film, THE WHITE SHEIK was made there, THE ELSTREE STORY features excerpts from over forty productions,...

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Elstree studios may close (1988)

Genre

Interview

Elstree film studios is rumoured to be closed despite Canon making public assurances it would remain open. George Lucas, Patricia Carr and Sir Richard Attenborough express their opinions in 4 linked clips....

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A series of four features (1988)

aka: Feature package: Acid House, Shari Headley, Elstree Studios, Bin Dress

A series of four features/interviews: 1) Acid House - is the latest music craze on the night club scene. Dave Harvey checks out one of the hottest clubs around in, Leicester Square; 2) Shari Headley - model...

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Spaces of TV: Production, Site and Style

Date

22 Sep 2015, 09:29

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

Until the 1990s, the majority of British TV was shot on video in the studio, with film used only for exterior sequences. What impact did physical space have on both changing modes of production and...

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Bryan Forbes on his Elstree career (1984)

Genre

Interview

Actor, director, writer and producer Bryan Forbes on his career at Elstree Studios. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Carol Allen).

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Richard Attenborough on Elstree campaign (1988)

Genre

Interview

Carol Allen interviews actor and film director, Sir Richard Attenborough about a campaign to save Elstree film studios; condemns owners Canon for their decision to sell the studios to a development consortium.

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Elstree Studios closure battle (1993)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the fight to prevent the closure of Elstree Studios after owners Brent Walker made the decision to sell the site to developers claiming it wasn’t economically viable, from a meeting organised by...

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Elstree studios closing down (1993)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special

Tanya Hines reports from Elstree Studios on the decision to close it. With actuality of ITV’s The Ink Thief being shot and reaction from the series producer Paul Springer. Also interviews with Paul Welsh,...

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British and Dominion Film Studios Fire at Elstree

Date released

10 Feb 1936

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

221

NoS ID

054188

Story no

1 / 15

Extras

1 film clip

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