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  1. News for the Navy (1937 Video)

    Director
    Norman McLaren
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 10 min.

    The story concerns Evelyn, who sends a newsaper to her fiancé Bert Higgins AB, who has gone to sea on the ‘HMS Incredible’. On her mother’s advice she risks a penny-ha’penny stamp and addresses the...

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  2. The House that Wasn’t - a fable of today

    Date released
    31 Jul 1930
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    478
    NoS ID
    332495
    Story no
    4 / 4

    NoS Summary - A house facade that hides a railway cutting. British Pathe synopsis: "Once upon a time a young man went to a London Taxi-driver and said in a loud voice - "Drive me to 23 Leinster Gardens." M/S...

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  3. Limit, The (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Emma Swain
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) (each episode) 1997 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) (whole series)

    Six programmes exploring the limits of human achievement in the field of engineering, focusing on international engineers working on the toughest assignments of their careers. Asks how can we extend physical...

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  4. Afterimages 2: Peter Gidal (2007)

    Director
    Peter Gidal
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 75 minutes), £80.00

    AFTERIMAGES is a continually-expanding collection of important works by film and video artists, newly remastered and made available on DVD for the first time. The aim is to make important historical works by...

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  5. Home and Beauty

    Date released
    Aug 1947
    Series name
    This Modern Age
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    346992
    Story no
    1 / 2

    NoS Summary - An illustrated discussion of whether mass-produced goods are always better. BFI synopsis: While some manufacturers hope that people will continue to accept shoddy goods, others try to produce...

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  6. Health and Safety DVD Collection (2010)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £999.00

    A collection of ten health and safety films. 1. TAKING LIBERTIES: A FATAL ERROR. In 1989 a British Midland plane crashed into the embankment of the M1 near Kegworth in Leicestershire with the loss of 47...

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  7. War Artists’ Exhibition, London

    Date released
    1945
    Series name
    Britain Can Make It
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    352004
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI Summary - The Royal Academy of Arts. Inside the gallery, people view the paintings. Various close-ups of individual works e.g. Paul Nash’s Battle of Britain, John Armstrong’s September 1940 and John...

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  8. The Miners’ Gala at Durham, 1947

    Date released
    Jan 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    334737
    Story no
    2 / 2

    NoS synopsis: The miners of Durham come together for their demonstration and gala day. Shots of the crowds and the banners and bands. This was the first rally under nationalization, so it also included...

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  9. High Wide And Faster

    Date released
    1964
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    244
    NoS ID
    350165
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: A survey of some current developments in road and rail transport engineering in Britain, with some information on new port facilities. Views of the M6 Motorway viaduct at Gathurst, Lancs....

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  10. Extreme Engineering Collection 2 (2009)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 400 minutes), $59.95

    This 5-disc set of series 2 of EXTREME ENGINEERING unveils some of the most ambitious architectural plans of our times. All of these modern marvels pose challenges that stretch the definition of what’s...

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