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Queen Inspects American Gifts

Date released

10 Feb 1941

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

41/12

NoS ID

098575

Story no

4 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The Queen visits Dartmouth House to see gifts received from the USA in connection with the English Speaking Union’s War Relief work.

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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 1973: The Language of Animals (1973)

Subject

Biology

David Attenborough’s lectures explore the complex world of animal communication. The series was filmed live at the Royal Institution between Friday 23 December 1973 and Friday 4 January 1974. Attenborough...

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"Every Tongue Brings in a Several Tale" (2016 Audio)

aka: Shakespeare and World Cinema

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Mark Thornton Burnett speaks on foreign-language film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays. "To imitate Shakespeare or to use Shakespeare either on stage or in...

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Margaret Thatcher on EEC (1980)

Genre

Interview; Technical

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is interviewed for a French television station. The questions are asked in French and Thatcher answers in English on EEC policies and UK budget contributions and UK...

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Focus: The Thomas Hardy Collection (1986)

Sean Street visits Dorchester Library to see the unique set of items owned and by Thomas Hardy. He talks to Deputy Librarian Ian Lewis who explains how this Special Collection started. It is a huge Catalogue...

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The Boat people: a new home and a new life (1986)

Glen Oglaza looks at the fate of the Vietnamese boat people who, after being forced to leave their own country in the most hazardous conditions, made their way here. Most arrived between 1979 and 1981, but...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: British School-Children Hail Soviet

Date released

21 May 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

676A

NoS ID

012275

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: British Children Hail Soviet. DESCRIPTION: London was the scene of a most successful Anglo-Soviet Meeting. Boys and girls from English schools met six Russian children to exchange...

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Young Russia Tries English

Date released

11 Feb 1960

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

60/13

NoS ID

109035

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Schools in Southern Russia put English first in foreign languages.

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Foreign Students

Date released

7 Jan 1957

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

106

NoS ID

120326

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: From new toys to new systems of education, so let’s introduce the Progressive English Group at Swiss Cottage, where students from all over the world come to improve their knowledge of...

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News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Colonel Beck in Britain

Date released

6 Apr 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

513A

NoS ID

009855

Story no

1 / 12

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Colonel Beck Arrives. DESCRIPTION: Poland’s Foreign Minister arrives. SHOTLIST: Colonel Beck arrives at Dover where he is greeted by the Polish Ambassador Count Raczynski. They go by...

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