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Swimming Sensation

Date released

13 Apr 1961

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1662A

NoS ID

024062

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Swimming Sensation. DESCRIPTION: Marilyn Sidelsky is a far more advanced swimmer than any girl of her age we have had in this country. So says her coach, Mr Reg Laxton. Marilyn’s age...

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Laxton: England’s Last Open Field System (1987 Video)

Producer

J V Beckett

Subject

Agriculture; Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min.

Describes how the open field system works in modern Laxton and how it has changed since the 17th century.

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Philip Laxton on how he survived Brent Spar helicopter crash (1990)

Genre

Interview; Press conference

Philip Laxton, a survivor of the Sikorsky helicopter crash at the Brent Spar oil storage platform, describes his experience and how he escaped thanks to the off-shore survival training they had received....

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Facing cancer (1988)

Journalist and radio broadcaster Dennis Laxton talks about facing cancer. Although the programme is tinged with sadness, Dennis reveals how he has learned to appreciate everyday life to the full. Dennis also...

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Laxton (1975 Film)

Subject

Agriculture; Archaeology; History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

This film about Laxton in Nottinghamshire, as well as telling the story of the evolution of the village and the continued existence of its common field system, also shows what agricultural life is like in...

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Victims of Brent Spar crash flown to Aberdeen (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on the Sikorsky helicopter crash at the Brent Spar oil storage platform, from where the bodies of those who died have been flown back to Aberdeen. Offshore Industry Chaplain, Reverend Andrew Wylie...

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Medieval Village (1935 Film)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Traces the history of Laxton, an English village, which used the open-field system of agriculture. From records and monuments a picture of the village in the middle ages is built up, and the modern...

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Judy Grinham

Date released

1959

Series name

British Sporting Personalities

Issue no

1

NoS ID

323876

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: The swimming career of Judy Grinham turned on her decision, when only twelve years of age, to concentrate on the backstroke, and on her partnership at fifteen with the great swimming coach, Reg...

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