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  1. The Other Man’s Job: Jute Output Meets Myriad War-Time Needs

    Date released
    24 Apr 1944
    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/46; Paramount Issue No.: 1372
    NoS ID
    156707
    Story no
    4 / 4

    Bales of jute from India are unloaded at the docks and sent to the jute mill where it undergoes several processes to soften and comb it. It is then packed in cans and sent to the spinning mills where it is...

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  2. Brian Cox’s Jute Journey (2011)

    Director
    Brian Ross; Donald Alexander
    Producer
    John Archer
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 92 minutes), £16.33

    Hollywood actor Brian Cox is a son of Dundee and grew up amid the clatter of the Jute mills, where both his parents began their working lives. The Jute trade, making hessian from India’s ‘golden’...

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  3. If....

    Date
    20 May 2014, 16:42
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    If.... 2014. GB. Blu-ray (Eureka / Mastes of Cinema); DVD (Paramount Home Cinema). 107 minutes + extras. £15.99 About the reviewer: Michael Open was Director of the Queen’s Film Theatre in Belfast from...

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  4. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Foreign Special: Eastern Pakistan

    Date released
    23 Feb 1948
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    977
    NoS ID
    014962

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eastern Pakistan. DESCRIPTION: A look at life in the eastern part of the new Dominion where the manufacture of jute is one of the main industries. SHOTLIST: Quayside on River Karnafuli....

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  5. Jackets Save Sheep

    Date released
    24 Oct 1963
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    63/86
    NoS ID
    110902
    Story no
    4 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Hill farmer equips flock with jute jackets to withstand winter rigour.

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  6. the PROMISE OF PAKISTAN

    Date released
    1950
    Series name
    The March of Time 15th Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    352302
    Story no
    1 / 1

    The March of Time synopsis: This latest March of Time brings to the screen a study of a young nation - though its population of eighty million ranks fifth in size among the countries of the world, and the...

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  7. Printing For Plastic Sacks

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    39
    NoS ID
    350964
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Synthetic sacks are taking the place of the old jute ones. But you still have to know exactly what is inside and the old inks used for labelling would not stay on the plastic. Here’s the...

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  8. River, The (2006)

    Director
    Jean Renoir
    Subject
    Film Studies; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 99 minutes), £19.99

    Jean Renoir’s first colour feature - shot entirely on location in India - is an adaptation of Rumer Godden’s autobiographical coming-of-age tale of an adolescent girl living with her English family on...

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  9. Calcutta Welcomes the Queen

    Date released
    23 Feb 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1655A
    NoS ID
    024001
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Calcutta Welcomes the Queen Colour. DESCRIPTION: Calcutta is a city of millions, and, long before the royal visit, masses of people were giving the police a busy time, as they crowded...

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  10. The Future of Scotland

    Date released
    Apr 1948
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    18
    NoS ID
    347025
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Long shot of spires, highlands, monuments, Holyrood Palace, plaque on the tomb of David Rizzio, lochs, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The industries of Scotland are shown - liners in the Clyde, cranes...

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