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Kew Gardens

Date released

16 Jul 1962

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

394

NoS ID

121244

Story no

1 / 2

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Shows some of the many horticultural attractions of Kew Gardens.

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Remarkable Miss North, The (2016)

aka: Kew’s Forgotten Queen

Director

Irene Antoniades

Subject

Arts and Humanities

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £13.95

A BBC4 documentary about the unknown story of Marianne North, one of the most prolific botanical artists of the Victorian age. North embarked on a project that changed the face of botanical research. The...

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Kew Gardens clean up after heavy storm (1990)

Genre

Interview

Havovi Todd interviews at Kew, the Assistant Curator of Kew Botanical Gardens, Tony Kirkham, on the damage caused by and the clean up after the hurricane force storm with comparison to the storm in 1987....

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Wind damage at Kew Gardens (1987)

Genre

Interview

The damage at Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place is described after the recent freak storms. Mature trees were badly affected but the glass houses generally escaped the damage. Speakers not identified.

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Kew Blossoms

Date released

20 Jul 1967

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

656

NoS ID

121898

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: ... even at Kew Gardens, where a Pagoda gives tacit credit to Japan even for its own home-grown botanical loveliness. Kew Gardens has inspired a London Fashion House to ...

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Queen visits Kew Gardens (1982)

Genre

News report; Vox pop

Report on the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Kew Gardens in West London to open the restored glasshouse. Includes vox pop with members of the crowd. Female reporter not identified. Sound is in mono.

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Time capsule buried in Kew Gardens (1985)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on a time capsule being buried by broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough containing seeds for the future that could aid in medicine and food production, into the foundations of the new Tropical...

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Blossom Time

Date released

10 May 1934

Series name

Pathe Sound Pictorial

Issue no

840

NoS ID

114754

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Blossom time - when the field and trees are in the glory of their flowering, and when the famous gardens of Kew become carpeted with gorgeous colour and the trees sprayed with blooms.

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Movietone "World Service": Kew - The fool-proof car

Date released

28 Feb 1935

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

299A

NoS ID

005427

Story no

8 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fool Proof Car at Kew. SHOTLIST: Car diving through blazing fence. Mounting obstacle. Somersaulting over and over. Drive climbs out unhurt.

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Movietone "World Service": Kew - The fool-proof car

Date released

25 Feb 1935

Series name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue no

299A

NoS ID

001992

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fool Proof Car at Kew. SHOTLIST: Car diving through blazing fence. Mounting obstacle. Somersaulting over and over. Drive climbs out unhurt.

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