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Long View

Date released

13 Feb 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2071A

NoS ID

027747

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Long View. DESCRIPTION: Movietone looks at telescopes, from the archaic devices built by Sir William Herschel in the 18th Century to the latest proposals in Radio Telescopes. The most...

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Under the Walnut Tree (1992 Video)

Producer

Bob Walters

Subject

Education

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Traces the development of The Grove School as a community resource. From a formal primary school in the 1960s the school expanded in the 1970s to include children with special needs, especially those with a...

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Much Ado at Bray’s Grove (2007 Television)

Series

Ks3 English

Educational television. Students from Brays Grove Community School join the MOPA Theatre Company to perform a 15-minute version of Much Ado About Nothing. Volunteers from Year 9 take on the roles of Don...

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Toby Holloway on being slippered at school (1978)

Genre

Interview

16 year-old Toby Holloway, formerly a student at Highbury Grove School, Islington, on being repeatedly punished by slippering (being struck with a plimsoll) for fairly minor offences. Holloway is a member of...

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Alps avalanche (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on a rescue mission in Switzerland to extract British schoolchildren buried in the snow, after an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, which killed several teachers and skiing instructors. Roger...

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Dance, Dance, Wherever You May Be (1990 Video)

Producer

Bisakha Sarker

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min., 2001 sale: £14.95 (inclusive)

Explores the three basic principles of ancient Indian theatre and dance: rhythm, shape and expression. Uses demonstration group of junior school dancers and another of secondary school dancers. Highlights...

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Venus and Adonis (1949 Radio)

aka: Masque for the Entertainment of the King, A

Series

John Blow

Last of a four-part programme prepared by by Anthony Lewis showcasing the music of English Baroque composer John Blow. This episode focuses on Blow’s miniature opera that is based on the classical fable of...

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Home and Beauty

Date released

Aug 1947

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

11

NoS ID

346992

Story no

1 / 2

NoS Summary - An illustrated discussion of whether mass-produced goods are always better. BFI synopsis: While some manufacturers hope that people will continue to accept shoddy goods, others try to produce...

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Tribals of Chhotanagpur, The (8 Parts) (1993 Video)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 x 17-20 min each.

A series showing the tribals of Chhotanagpur, India. Gives an insight into social, cultural and economic aspects of the tribals and critically examines the impact of modernity on their traditional way of...

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Performing Arts of China, The (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

Director

Deben Bhattacharya

Producer

Deben Bhattacharya

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 27 min.

Part 1: Examples of musical instruments being manufactured and played by master musicians and orchestras. Interwoven in the musical sequences are scenic shots of Chinese landscapes. Part 2: Rare scenes of...

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