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Tasmania’s Agony

Date released

16 Feb 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1967A

NoS ID

026769

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tasmania’s Agony. DESCRIPTION: The tragic aftermath of the bush fires which swept the districts around Hobart, killing at least fifty and making three and a half thousand homeless....

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Animated Life of A.R. Wallace, The

Director

Flora Lichtman; Sharon Shattuck

Subject

Biology

This animated paper puppet video celebrates the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, who is co-credited, along with Charles Darwin, with conceptualising the theory of natural selection. [8 minutes]

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Last run of Deltic locomotive (1981)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the special last run of the Deltic diesel locomotive which is being decommissioned, ending at Kings Cross station in London, history of the locomotive, steam trains, and train enthusiasts. With...

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Sunday Supplement: interview and music programme - Ocean Sound - CD23 (1988)

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A series of programmes with interviews and music, transmitted from 16:00 to 17:00 on Ocean Sound North. The Light FM. Presented by Karen Woods. CD23- Interview with Fern Britton, TV news...

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Reading Station, scene of train collision (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

Investigators are at the scene of the train crash at Reading station in which at least 40 people were hurt. Interview with Pauline Bagley of the West Berkshire Health Authority who describes the mock-up of a...

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London transport strike (1993)

Genre

Interview; News report

A strike by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers left London’s transport links severely disrupted today, although the Chiltern line was running. Divisional Director for the Chiltern...

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Child’s Christmas in Wales and Five Poems, A (2002)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD), £9.99

First recorded in February1952, this remastered recording of Dylan Thomas reading his ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ recalls all of the sights, smells, and sounds of a long-ago-Christmas. Also included...

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Augusto Boal in Belfast

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 70 minutes), £20.00

Follows the Brazilian theatre director, writer and political activist Augusto Boal as he is taken on a whirlwind tour sampling Belfast life with all its contradictions, humour, and political diatribe spiced...

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Autumn Flower Show

Date released

8 Oct 1978

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2575

NoS ID

031200

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Autumn Flower Show. DESCRIPTION: All of the colours of Autumn were to be seen at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Autumn Show. The show is often known as a ‘Miniature Chelsea...

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Forest Gardening with Robert Hart (1999)

Director

Malcolm Baldwin

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £14.95

In the late 1960s Robert Hart had a vision of planting a small edible forest which could fulfil the needs of a healthy diet in beautiful, ecologically-sound surroundings. He based his ideas on tropical...

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