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On the Roof of Rome

Date released

25 Jun 1928

Series name

Pathe Pictorial

Issue no

534

NoS ID

347994

Story no

1 / 5

NoS synopsis: Great Basillica of St. John, Rome and a Temple of Constantine the Great

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Dyslexia: An Avoidable National Tragedy (1993 Video)

Director

Paul Morrison

Producer

Frixos Constantine

Subject

Medical sciences; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £16.95

An overview of dyslexia, featuring eight children and adults of different ages, whose lives have been severely affected.

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Tragedy of Coriolanus, The (2002 Audio, Radio)

aka: BBC Radio Collection: William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus

Series

Drama on 3

Director

Ned Chaillet

Radio adaptation of the play adapted and directed by Ned Chaillet. Samuel West plays the title role and Susannah York is Volumnia. With music composed by Orlando Gough, and performed by Jeremy Avis and the...

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Britons at War 4 (2002)

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL), £14.99 (inclusive)

This videocassette combines two films - WEST INDIES CALLING and LETTER FROM ULSTER. They show the privations of wartime life that are as foreign to us today as it was to the visiting servicement and women in...

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West Indies Calling (1943 Film)

Director

John Page

Producer

Paul Rotha

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A group of West Indians, led by writer Una Marson and the test cricketer Learie Constantine, assemble at Broadcasting House to describe the contribution made by them to the war effort. West Indians, of all...

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Peace for Cyprus

Date released

23 Feb 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1551

NoS ID

022883

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Peace for Cyprus. DESCRIPTION: The final session at the Conference was attended by Mr Karamanlis, the Greek Prime Minister, and Britain’s Premier, Mr Harold Macmillan. All-round...

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Dragonwyck (1946)

Director

Joseph L Mankiewicz

Producer

Ernst Lubitsch

Subject

American Studies; Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B)

The directorial debut of American director Joseph L Mankiewicz, the film is a melding of Gothic chills and baroque melodrama. A Connecticut farm girl (Gene Tierney) finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy of...

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News Events in Colour: Miss World

Date released

11 Nov 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1797

NoS ID

025323

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Miss World 1963 (In Colour). DESCRIPTION: Take forty of the most beautiful girls in the world - then ask a panel of judges to choose the most beautiful of them all. This was the result...

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New Britain, The (2013)

Director

Humphrey Jennings; Ralph Keene; Roy Boulting; Charles Hasse; John Page

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 79 minutes), £16.33

A collection of British wartime propaganda films made to boost optimism and showing how the armed forces and civilians stood up to the Nazi threat. THE NEW BRITAIN (1940). With great optimism, Britain...

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Titus (1999 Film, Video)

Director

Julie Taymor

Producer

Julie Airoldi; Jody Patton; Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor’s film version of Titus Andronicus, based on her 1994 off-Broadway production, with Anthony Hopkins as Titus and Jessica Lange as Tamora. This adaptation is both ‘stylised and...

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