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County Durham - GEOLOGIST

Date released

Jan 1967

Series name

Mining Review 20th Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

346359

Story no

4 / 4

BFI synopsis: Don McGraw, a Coal Board Geologist, who is engaged in proving new coalfields off the Durham coast. NCB Commentary - Don McGraw is a Geologist with the Coal Board. Durham has a new coalfield -...

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Millions Like Us (1943 Film)

Director

Frank Launder

Producer

Edward Black

Subject

History; Women’s studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Feature film. The project had its origins in a Ministry of Information commission for a film about life on the home front. The directors chose to concentrate on a woman factory worker and to describe her...

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YouTube for Schools launched

Date

14 Dec 2011, 10:12

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

Post

YouTube for Schools has been launched in the US amd aims to provide schools with free access to educational videos while limiting access to other YouTube content. More than 400,000 educational videos are...

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The Land of Fairy Tales

Date released

18 Jul 1968

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

708

NoS ID

122020

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Sky Mountain sets the the scene for our dream journey. From here a characteristically Scandinavian panorama unfolds before us - the Lake District of Denmark, a land where fairy-tales always...

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Workington Football

Date released

Oct 1947

Series name

Mining Review 1st Year

Issue no

2

NoS ID

334727

Story no

3 / 4

BFI synopsis: A football match at Workington COI Commentary - COMMENTARY: Today, every available method is being used to back up the miners in their drive for more coal. In the South Wales coalfield,...

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And then Japan

Date released

22 Nov 1943

Series name

The March of Time 9th Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

352237

Story no

1 / 1

The March of Time synopsis: In this release the March of Time gives an informed view of the task before the Allies after they have settled accounts in Europe. Early in the film Mr. Churchill is presented,...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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Rome, Open City

Date

29 Oct 2014, 14:15

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Rome, Open City (Roma, città aperta ). GB. DVD. Arow Films. 103 minutes. £8 About the reviewer: Ron Guariento is a retired film and television producer and a lecturer at Newcastle University. Ron worked...

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British Council Film Collection Competition

Date

29 May 2014, 13:12

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

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During the 1940s, the British Council was charged to promote an idea of ‘Britain and British-ness’ by becoming an enthusiastic commissioner of over 120 documentary films designed to showcase Britain to...

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Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters

Date

21 Oct 2013, 12:06

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History by Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale (Wayne State University Press, 2010). 363 pages. ISBN: 978-0814330081 (paperback), £31 About the reviewer: Julian...

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