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Date released

1944

Series name

The Gen

Issue no

9

NoS ID

080900

Story no

3 / 5

First Battle of Britain commemoration service at Westminster Abbey is attended by Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, Feodor Gousev (Soviet Ambassador), General Sir Frederick Pile (AA command), Clement Attlee...

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Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation (2006)

aka: Mandela

Director

Angus Gibson; Jo Menell

Producer

Jonathan Demme; Jo Menell; Edward Saxon

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 118 minutes), £17.99

A film biography of Nelson Mandela, incorporating archive film and interviews wtih colleagues, friends and family. Coverage of Mandela’s trial for treason is particularly strong.

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Merry Wives of Windsor, The (1995 Video)

Director

Richard Monette; Antoni Cimolino

Video recording of Richard Monette and Antoni Cimolino’s 1995 production of The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. William Hutt is Falstaff.

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City week special (1982)

Genre

Interview; Special

City Week special from the Communications ‘82 Exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, with presenter Tom Maddocks looking at the equipment on show and discussing the British...

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LWT weekend world (1981)

Genre

News report; Interview; News bulletin

First part of LWT Weekend World programme presented by Brian Walden on the Yorkshire Ripper and originally broadcast in October 1978 when the serial killer had murdered 10 women. He remained at large for...

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Men of the Lightship (1940 Video)

Director

David MacDonald

Producer

Alberto Cavalcanti

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min.

'Year in, year out, all round our coasts, the beam of the lightship shines through the night and its siren pierces the fog banks. Light and fog signals reach vessels of all nations equally, and for three...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: RAF Mount Palace Guard

Date released

8 Apr 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

722A

NoS ID

012665

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAF Mount Guard at Buckingham Palace. DESCRIPTION: For the first time the RAF Regiment has undertaken the mounting of the guard at Buckingham Palace. The King and Queen watched the...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Youth in Uniform

Date released

9 Jul 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

683A

NoS ID

012342

Story no

1 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cadets Parade, Including ATC First Anniversary. DESCRIPTION: Cadets of the three services recently paraded at Buckingham Palace, there to be inspected by the King. SHOTLIST: Cuts Only -...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: History Repeated at No 10

Date released

30 Aug 1945

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

847A

NoS ID

013544

Story no

1 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: History Repeated at No 10. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s first Labour Government was filmed in the grounds of No 10 in 1929, when Ramsay MacDonald introduced some of them to the camera. The...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: His Majesty in North Africa

Date released

24 Jun 1943

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

733A

NoS ID

012746

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King in North Africa AFU Copyright. DESCRIPTION: The King was greeted by General Eisenhower, the Allied C in C, on his arrival in North Africa. His Majesty was intent on seeing as much...

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