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40th Anniversary of Sydney Bridge

Date released

10 Apr 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2236

NoS ID

029335

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 40th Anniversary of Sydney Bridge. DESCRIPTION: 40 years ago Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened by Jack Lang, Premier of new South Wales. Sydney-siders treated the occasion as one big...

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Carnival (1931 Film)

aka: Venetian Nights

Director

Herbert Wilcox

Feature film. A remake of the 1921 film also starring Matheson Lang (see separate entry). ‘This version boasts considerably better photography, but otherwise is very ponderous and plain. Nor did they go to...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Passing of the Archbishop

Date released

6 Nov 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

805

NoS ID

013270

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Passing of the Archbishop. DESCRIPTION: The funeral of Dr William Temple was held in Canterbury Cathedral where only two and a half years before he had been enthroned as Archbishop....

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Mourning

Date released

29 Nov 1937

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

443

NoS ID

008236

Story no

1 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ramsay MacDonald Is Borne Home on Last Journey to Britain. DESCRIPTION: Ramsay MacDonald is borne home on last journey to Britain. SHOTLIST: Shot of HMS Apollo with flag at half mast...

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Boys in Brown, The (1949 Film)

Director

Montgomery Tully

Producer

Antony Darnborough

Feature film. The governor of a borstal tries to reform a group of inmates through understanding rather than punishment. Includes a scene in which six would-be escapees enact Brutus’ death scene (V v) from...

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Tempest, The (1998 Television)

Director

Jack Bender

A television version of The Tempest set during the American Civil War. Critically savaged, the interpretation is concerned with slavery and the role of revenge in wartime. Gideon Prosper (Fonda), is the...

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Divorce (1977 Radio)

Series

Vivat Rex

Director

Martin Jenkins (2)

Producer

Martin Jenkins (2)

Episode 25 of a 26-part serialisation of the Elizabethan history play (encompassing the reign of Edward II to Henry VI), adapted for radio by Martin Jenkins. This episode, based on Shakespeare’s Henry...

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Elizabeth (1977 Radio)

Series

Vivat Rex

Director

Martin Jenkins (2)

Producer

Martin Jenkins (2)

Last episode of a 26-part serialisation of the Elizabethan history play (encompassing the reign of Edward II to Henry VI), adapted for radio by Martin Jenkins. This episode, based on Shakespeare’s Henry...

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Macbeth (1949 Radio)

Producer

Wilfrid Grantham

Full-length radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy produced by Wilfrid Grantham. The script of the broadcast has been edited by M. R. Ridley. With Stephen Murray, Flora Robson and Leon Quartermaine....

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Rabble from Kent, The (1960 Television)

Series

Age of Kings, An

Director

Michael Hayes

Producer

Peter Dews

Eleventh episode in a fifteen-part televised series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies), effectively presenting a chronological history of British...

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