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Road to the Ruhr

Date released

30 Nov 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/96

NoS ID

100557

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Wrecked church marks the path of General Dempsey’s Second Army advancing on Geilenkirchen, ruined in bombardment. American sappers unearth German box mines which were laid to hamper our advance. The troops...

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English Accent, An (1996)

Producer

Anne Diack

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Looks at the standard English accent known as received pronunciation (RP) using actors, members of the royal family and language experts. Looks at the pronunciation features that characterise RP, at how...

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Curse Words (2022 Audio)

aka: Episode 228

Series

That Shakespeare Life

Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week John Spurr (Swansea University) discusses the use of foul language on Shakespeare’s play...

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Prince Charles in defence of the English language (1989)

Genre

News report; Speech

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales has attacked the decline in literacy and the quality of English. Havovi Todd’s report considers his criticism of an alternative prayer book, and his regret that schools’...

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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...

ILR Sharing Radio Online Audio

Gateway updates and additions

Date

22 Mar 2011, 17:15

Author

Cathy Grant

Post Type

Post

Here are a few of the interesting items that have recently been added to the Moving Image Gateway in the last week. British Academy Audio Archive The British Academy’s Media Library holds a collection...

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Expletives: Exploring 16th Century Curse Words (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 280

Series

That Shakespeare Life

Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week Jesse Sheidlower explore the colourful world of Elizabethan language and profanities.

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History of the English Language (1943)

Director

Mary Field

Subject

English language and literature; Linguistics

History of the English Language acts as an excellent layman’s introduction to the origins of one of the most common languages on the planet, demonstrating how dialect changes over time, and presenting...

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Network (1980)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

In this first half of A Passage to England, Tony Hawkins investigates immigration from the Indian subcontinent to the UK - where people come from and why, what did they expect from the UK, their feelings now...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

This Earth, This Realm, This England (2002 Television)

Series

Adventure of English 500ad-2000, The

Director

Robert Bee

Producer

Robert Bee

Eight-part television series on the history of the English language, written and presented by Melvyn Bragg. Episode 4 discusses some of the greatest English texts, including the first English dictionary and...

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