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  1. Tallest Building Has Face Washed

    Date released
    22 Mar 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone Gazette
    Issue no
    60
    NoS ID
    000455
    Story no
    2 / 2

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tallest Building Has Windows Cleaned. DESCRIPTION: Cleaners work at dizzy heights to give windows of Empire State first scrubbing. SHOTLIST: Long shot of Empire State building. Shot...

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  2. Timewatch: The Empire State Story (2011)

    Subject
    Engineering

    First transmitted in 2001, this programme chronicles the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, which was the world’s tallest skyscraper when opened in 1931. The iconic building’s history...

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  3. Fire at Empire State Building (1990)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Vox pop

    Paul Woodley reports on a fire on the 51st floor of the Empire State Building. New York Mayor, David Dinkins praises the fire service and Captain Charles Casper, chief fire fighter, describes the building as...

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  4. Promo for New York Christmas shopping trip - nd [1975-1986]

    So Mrs Drayton, you have a problem? Yes Doctor, ever since Radio 210 with their New York Christmas shopping trip, I keep thinking I am American. It is obvious you have delusions. Listen Bud, do not give me...

    ILR South ILR South Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio
  5. BUFVC Weekly Top Five TV & Radio Programme Requests

    Date
    29 Jun 2011, 09:49
    Author
    Markeda Cole
    Post Type
    Post

    For the week ending 24 June 2011 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include the enduring fascination with skyscrapers, disability, euthanasia and the early history of American...

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  6. Tallest Building Has Face Washed

    Date released
    22 Mar 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    94
    NoS ID
    002920
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tallest Building Has Windows Cleaned. DESCRIPTION: Cleaners work at dizzy heights to give windows of Empire State first scrubbing. SHOTLIST: Long shot of Empire State building. Shot...

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  7. What’ll Happen If the Lift Goes Wrong?

    Date released
    18 May 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    102
    NoS ID
    003009
    Story no
    10 / 10

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: What’ll Happen in Empire State Building If the Lift Goes Wrong?. DESCRIPTION: 30,000 workers in Empire State Building, opened by Al Smith, may have to jump for it. SHOTLIST: People...

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  8. What’ll Happen If the Lift Goes Wrong?

    Date released
    18 May 1931
    Series name
    British Movietone Gazette
    Issue no
    68
    NoS ID
    000513
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: What’ll Happen in Empire State Building If the Lift Goes Wrong?. DESCRIPTION: 30,000 workers in Empire State Building, opened by Al Smith, may have to jump for it. SHOTLIST: People...

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  9. Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Empire State Building Plane Crash

    Date released
    16 Aug 1945
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    845A
    NoS ID
    013532
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Empire State Building - Air Crash. DESCRIPTION: A Mitchell bomber en route for Newark in fog crashed into the 78th and 79th storeys of the Empire State Building. Thirteen lives,...

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  10. Chrysler Building, The (2004)

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    VHS (NTSC, 47 minutes), $119.00

    The Chrysler Building, completed in 1930, stood proud at 1,046 feet as the world’s tallest building until it was eclipsed by the Empire State Building in 1931. This programme explores the story of the...

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