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Behind the Headlines: Hitchin Train Crash

Date released

24 Nov 1958

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2959

NoS ID

159101

Story no

2 / 9

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Bookselling in Libraries (1983 Video)

Producer

John Hitchin

Subject

Librarianship

Distribution

Sale (Drake), Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 22 min.

Describes some recent initiatives in attempting to make the public library a place of community activity, with particular emphasis on bookshops within libraries. Some of the pioneering bookshops in library...

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Duchess of Gloucester

Date released

20 Jan 1936

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

577

NoS ID

142115

Story no

6 / 8

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Royal visit to Hitchin.

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First Official Function

Date released

20 Jan 1936

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

511

NoS ID

034326

Story no

6 / 7

Duchess of Gloucester opens Hitchin hospital extension. Her Royal Highness inspects childrens’ ward after ceremony.

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Comical Pipes

Date released

8 Aug 1960

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

293

NoS ID

120929

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - A pipe collection belonging to Mr Shillitoe of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, features some comical pipes.

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Pipe Collection

Date released

28 Mar 1960

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

274

NoS ID

120869

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Shows a number of pipes in the collection that Mr Shillitoe keeps in his home in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

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Banner Artists

Date released

22 Dec 1958

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

208

NoS ID

120656

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Our old friend Sister Hannah, so frequently requested in song "to carry the banner", would really be in her element at the Hitchin, Hertfordshire, studio of Mr Herbert Sharpe. For this is...

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17,000 Pigeons

Date released

6 Sep 1928

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1535

NoS ID

087081

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

Darken the sky when released on flight home to the north.

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45,000 Pigeons

Date released

2 Jun 1927

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1403; Super Issue No.: 27/44

NoS ID

085998

Story no

3 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

Darken the sky when released on their homeward journey to the north.

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Trains Pile Up

Date released

24 Nov 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1538

NoS ID

022719

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trains Pile Up. DESCRIPTION: It was at Hitchin, in Hertfordshire and the third three-train pile up within a few weeks; first a freight train ran into the back of the goods train in...

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