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Mercury in our food (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Dr Anna Snowdon, Scientific Adviser to the National Federation of Fruit and Potato Trades, on the toxic properties of mercury and its presence in some fruit and vegetables. She speaks of its...

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Freddie Mercury dies from AIDS (1991)

Genre

Interview

Interview excerpt with broadcaster Kenny Everett, on his friend Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury’s view of the group’s breakthrough single, Bohemian Rhapsody following Freddie’s death from AIDS....

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Reports: Aviation Experiment - latest phase

Date released

14 Oct 1937

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

436A

NoS ID

008099

Story no

8 / 13

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aviation Experiment. Latest Phase. SHOTLIST: Shot of the ‘Mercury’ on top of another (Maia) owing to the weight for take off. Planes on water. ‘Mercury’ - Neg Shots of the plane...

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David Dey on new phone company Energis (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

BT and Mercury have a new rival on the telecommunications scene as of today. New company, Energis, has pledged to undercut BT’s prices by as much as forty percent and is the first national phone system...

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Mike Pickering on Mercury Music Prize win (1994)

Genre

Interview

Sean Connors interviews founder member of M People, Mike Pickering, at the Savoy Hotel in London, after the group’s recording, Elegant Slumming, received the best album award at the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.

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News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Mercury Just Fails in Record Attempt

Date released

10 Oct 1938

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

488

NoS ID

009294

Story no

6 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mayo Plane Leaves for Capetown. SHOTLIST: Captains Wilcoxon and Bennett go to the composite plane by launch. Then the plane takes off and Mercury starts on her record breaking attempt...

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Andrew Cairns on nomination for Mercury Music Prize (1994)

Genre

Interview

Sean Connors interviews Andrew James Cairns, from Therapy?, at the Savoy Hotel in London, after the group was nominated for the best album award (for Troublegum) at the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.

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Selecting the "Mercury" Girl

Date released

4 Dec 1952

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1974

NoS ID

070386

Extras

1 film clip

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Jarvis Cocker on nomination for Mercury Music Prize (1994)

Genre

Interview

Sean Connors interviews Jarvis Cocker, singer with Pulp, at the Savoy Hotel in London, after the group was nominated for the best album award (for His ‘n’ Hers) at the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.

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Shara Nelson on nomination for Mercury Music Prize (1994)

Genre

Interview

Sean Connors interviews British soul singer Shara Nelson, at the Savoy Hotel in London, after she was nominated for the best album award (for What Silence Knows) at the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.

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