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  1. Paris: Public Executioner

    Date released
    1936
    Series name
    The March of Time 1st Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    352128
    Story no
    2 / 3

    Fielding synopsis: "...a screen biography of Pierre Deibler, France’s chief executioner - ‘The Outcast of Paris’. In a lively piece of cinematic Grand Guignol, the March of Time cameras followed this...

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  2. Beating the Bounds

    Date released
    29 May 1933
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    301
    NoS ID
    139616
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    Beefeaters escort the "executioner" on picturesque promenade of the Tower of London boundaries.

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  3. SHANGHAI’S STREET OF DEATH

    Date released
    7 Apr 1927
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1674
    NoS ID
    385878
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS synopsis: ‘Bird cages’ strung on telegraph poles contain grim reminders of the executioner’s sword. Includes scenes of people climbing over one another to get through a doorway, young children on...

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  4. Festival of Youth

    Date released
    13 Jun 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1462A
    NoS ID
    021746
    Story no
    8 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Festival of Youth. DESCRIPTION: Hatfield House was the setting to the Hertfordshire Festival of Youth. The Queen Mother tours the stalls and the sideshows. One feature of the occasion...

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  5. Large as Life

    Date released
    18 Oct 1965
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1898
    NoS ID
    026187
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Large As Life. DESCRIPTION: A preview of an exhibition that will be opening in Morecambe shortly. Life size figures for a tableaux - Britain through the Ages. SHOTLIST: MS two knight...

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