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  1. Rockets for BBC

    Date released
    25 Nov 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1486
    NoS ID
    022047
    Story no
    2 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rockets Fired From BBC Mast. DESCRIPTION: The BBC’s 700-foot television tower, at Crystal Palace, has been given an unusual stability test. Rockets - each exerting a thrust of half a...

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  2. Wired for Books: John Fowles (1985)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    In this 1985 interview with Don Swaim, John Fowles starts the interview by talking about the common need for writers to work a second job. It is his opinion that too many writers choose a poor second job....

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  3. Masters of Defence (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Colin Still

    A history of swordplay tracing the evolution of civilian swords and fighting techniques from the street fights of the 16th century to the swordplay of the 18th century fencing schools, drawing on texts and...

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  4. Tower House hostel visit (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified Tower Hamlets councillors on their visit to controversial homeless hostel, Tower House, in Whitechapel, east London. They comment on poor fire standards and sanitary conditions. Also includes...

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  5. Viewfinder 106

    Date
    5 Apr 2017, 13:05
    Author
    Alex Morris
    Post Type
    Page

    Viewfinder 106 was published in March 2016. Contents of the issue: FORGOTTEN TV DRAMA Lez Cooke, John Hill and Billy Smart, Royal Holloway, report on the 'Forgotten TV Dramas' season at the BFI, and...

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  6. First raven bred at Tower of London for 300 years (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    A major British scientific breakthrough was reported today, when the keepers at the Tower of London announced that they have managed to breed the first raven there for 300 years. Simon Bowden paid a visit...

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  7. Warder on Tower of London haunting (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified male Chief Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London on his role and on the alleged haunting of the Tower. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Christopher Hourmouzious?). (John Russell took over...

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  8. John Tower pledges to give up alcohol (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Television pledge by John Tower, promising to give up drinking alcohol if he gets the position of US Secretary of State for Defense. President George H. W. Bush would like to appoint him but the Senate Armed...

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  9. Change At The Tower

    Date released
    1967
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    443
    NoS ID
    350633
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: A look at the day-to-day running of the Tower of London and how it copes with up to 16,000 visitors each day.

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  10. Stopping the Leaning Tower of Pisa from collapsing (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    David Kermode interviews Professor John Burland from London’s Imperial College on the efforts to save the Leaning Tower of Pisa from falling over, the dangers facing the tower, how they want to keep some...

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