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A Trunk Call

Date released

8 Sep 1955

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1370A

NoS ID

020344

Story no

5 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Circus Wedding. DESCRIPTION: The wedding of two circus stars Miss Joan Fowles to Mr Gosta Kruse. Also paying a trunk call at the church was Jenny, who takes part in their circus act....

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Wired for Books: John Fowles (1985)

Subject

English language and literature

In this 1985 interview with Don Swaim, John Fowles starts the interview by talking about the common need for writers to work a second job. It is his opinion that too many writers choose a poor second job....

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Ashley Fowle back in UK after brain surgery (1994)

Genre

Press conference

Two excerpts from a press conference featuring Andrew Fowle, father of four year-old Ashley Fowle, who has arrived back in Britain after receiving a life-saving brain operation in the United States. New York...

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Berkshire rates: CBI concern (1982)

CBI plead to Berkshire County Council not to put rates up 40 per cent. It will mean lost jobs they say. Bob Morrison reports. Today’s already high unemployment figures will rise still higher if Berkshire...

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Media Screen Round-up May 2016

Date

15 Jun 2016, 15:51

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

Post

The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at the BUFVC by Andrew Ormsby. A varied selection this month includes a trio...

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French Lieutenant’s Woman, The (1981)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 125 mins), £12.99

Film adaptation of John Fowles’ post-modern classic, adapted by Harold Pinter and starring Meryl Street and Jeremy Irons.

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New research into meningitis made possible by grant (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

Research into the killer disease meningitis has been given a boost: scientists at Surrey University, trying to find an early diagnosis for the various strains of meningitis, have been awarded sixty thousand...

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Malcolm Bradbury Talks on the Creative Process and His Own Work (1978 Audio)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 80 min.

Side 1: Malcolm Bradbury discusses the divergent interests of, and relationship between, writers, the reading public and critics. He outlines the development of the English novel since 1945 considering the...

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Cellular Growth (1986 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

What makes cell growth go wrong? Dr Mike Waterfield, Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in London, has been interested in the epidermal growth factor/receptor system and his research team...

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Looking into Paintings (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 25 min.

Part 1 investigates how paintings have been interpreted and re-interpreted through the ages, beginning with Leonardo’s ‘Mona Lisa’. Shows that we have expectations about paintings and painters based on...

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