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  1. BIRD IN HAND

    Date released
    Feb 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    345734
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: cage bird show at Olympia, with the N.C.B. exhibiting pit canaries. Includes examples of pit canaries and how they are revived. NCB Commentary - Here’s a fine sight, enough to make a...

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  2. John Cage (1984)

    Director
    Peter Greenaway
    Producer
    Revel Guest
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documentary on the avant-garde composer John Cage. Includes a postcript by Peter Greenaway in which he discusses some of the issues raised.

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  3. Misinformation

    Date
    9 Jun 2015, 09:24
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Misinformation. 2010 [1970–1987]. GB. DVD. 101 minutes. BFI DVD. Price: £14.99 About the reviewer:  Professor Martin Iddon is Head of School and Professor of Music and Aesthetics at the University of...

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  4. Chaotic Universe, The (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION IN UK, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

    Discussion of a way of thinking about the nature and organisation of all living systems, of the creativity inherent in chaos, and of a non-linear world that contains multiple views. John Cage discusses his...

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  5. Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Robert Rauschenberg Collaborations: Suite for Five, Summerspace, Interscape (2010)

    Director
    Charles Atlas
    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 97 minutes), £40.99

    In 1954, Robert Rauschenberg became the Resident Designer to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, a position he held for ten years. During that time these friends and collaborators, along with the musician...

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  6. IDEAS MAN

    Date released
    Apr 1954
    Series name
    Mining Review 7th Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    345826
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Gerald Russon from Thoresby Colliery demonstrates two of his inventions for safety in mines. The first is the face conveyor signalling and motor control device which allows the conveyor to be...

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  7. EVERY NIGHT

    Date released
    Nov 1951
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345722
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: shaft maintenance at night at Kirkby Colliery (East Midlands). NCB Commentary - Whenever miners come off shift and coal winding stops for the day, a very special crew takes over - the men...

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  8. Robert Ashley (1984 Film)

    Director
    Peter Greenaway
    Producer
    Revel Guest
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Uses material from various performances of the stage version of Ashley’s ‘made for television’ opera ‘Perfect Lives (Private Parts)'. The stage version was a collaboration between Ashley, the...

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  9. MODEL MAN

    Date released
    Dec 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    345983
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: retired Northumbrian stoker John Bennett with the working model colliery he has built NCB Commentary - Stoker John Bennett has a shed at the bottom of his garden. Now retired, after 18 years...

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  10. Meredith Monk (1984)

    Director
    Peter Greenaway
    Producer
    Revel Guest
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Discusses Meredith Monk’s achievements as singer, dancer, performance artist, composer and filmmaker. Includes a postcript by Peter Greenaway in which he discusses some of the issues raised.

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