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GREAT FIRE TRAGEDY IN QUEBEC

Date released

29 Dec 1927

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1750

NoS ID

386308

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Fifty orphan girls perish when Hospice St. Charles is gutted by a blaze in spite of the Fire Brigade’s heroic efforts.

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Day Hospice, The (1987 Video)

Producer

Michael Paul

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

Looks at the work of the day hospice, using as an example St Luke’s Nursing Home in Sheffield. Set during a typical day at the hospice, highlights the contributions of the nursing and support staff - the...

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AIDS care at home for Californians (1987)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the home care hospice system set up in California for those dying of AIDS coinciding with the visit of UK cabinet minister Norman Fowler to the USA on an AIDS factfinding mission. Includes...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.47: Programme 47 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

Ocean Sound This Week, No. 47 Programme 47 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 13 September 1987. Presented by PAUL EASTON....

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John Chittock (1928-2011)

Date

15 Oct 2011, 16:19

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

Post

It is with sadness that we report the death of John Chittock. Born on 29 May 1928, John Dudley Chittock had a distinguished career as a columnist on the Financial Times from 1963 to 1987, writing about...

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Mildmay Mission AIDS hospital opens (1988)

Genre

Interview

Margaret Shiels reports on the opening of the Mildmay Mission hospital. The world’s first hospice ward set aside exclusively for AIDS patients in east London claims to be the only Christian AIDs hospice in...

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PM visits London hospice (1985)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the visit of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham, South London. Speaking are: Dame Cicely Saunders, founder; Monica Steedman, outpatient; Margaret Thatcher....

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Famed in Song and Story

Date released

7 Jan 1929

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1570; Super Issue No.: 29/2

NoS ID

087344

Story no

2 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe cameraman makes perilous assent to Hospice of St Bernard (8,111 ft up the Alps) to obtain these graphic pictures of world-famous monks and their equally famous dogs.

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Queen celebrates 40 years on the throne (1992)

Genre

News report; Vox pop; Interview

Report on the low-key celebrations on the 40th anniversary of the Queen taking the throne. She visited a hospice near her Norfolk estate, Sandringham. Report by George Matheson includes reaction from the...

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Helping People Now (1982 Film, Video)

Director

Chris Marnham

Producer

Julian Harvey

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A study of the hospice movement, showing how the sponsor has been closely involved with its development. Covers four main areas: benefits (financial aid for needy patients and their families); hospice care...

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