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  1. Rabbits Don’t Cry (1983 Film)

    Producer
    Robin Wallis
    Subject
    Veterinary science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documentary about the increasing militancy of those dedicated to the prevention of experiments on animals and vivisection. Includes footage of a 5000-strong demonstration at Porton Down, the government’s...

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  2. Great Expectations (1946) (1999)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 118 minutes), £19.99

    A restored film version of the novel by Charles Dickens, adapted by Anthony Havelock-Allan and directed by David Lean. John Mills stars as Pip. Also available on Blu-ray.

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  3. Catrine Wheels

    Date released
    1947
    Series name
    This Is Britain
    Issue no
    17
    NoS ID
    328207
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: For a hundred and twenty years the mills in the village of Catrine have been supplied with five hundred horsepower for next to nothing.

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  4. Cotton Goes to War: The Other Man’s Job

    Date released
    11 Oct 1943
    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/33; Paramount Issue No.: 1316
    NoS ID
    156669
    Story no
    1 / 2

    Exhibition of cotton uses in Manchester. The need for cotton goods in war-time calls girls back to their jobs in the mills of Lancashire. Some processes in the preparation of raw cotton: combing and...

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  5. Trees for Timber

    Date released
    1958
    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    67
    NoS ID
    351251
    Story no
    3 / 5

    BFI synopsis: Forestry Commission trial forest and saw mills.

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  6. News from England

    Date released
    30 Apr 1945
    Series name
    War Pictorial News
    Issue no
    208
    NoS ID
    156394
    Story no
    1 / 3

    The King and Queen visit Lancashire where they visit wounded soldiers at Preston and visit the textile mills and iron works, at Wigan an aircraft factory and at Accrington and the factory nursery. [sic]

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  7. Nigerian Cotton

    Date released
    Sep 1969
    Series name
    Parade
    Issue no
    70
    NoS ID
    327320
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Magnificently dressed Muslims assembling in Kano for the final day of Ramadan. Harvesting, cleaning and grading Nigerian cotton to be spun and woven in English mills.

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  8. Other Virtuosos, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explains the rise of the brass bands, for example the Black Dyke Mills Band, in industrial Victorian Britain. Discusses the relationship between the workers who played in the band and the employers who...

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  9. Chickens In The Mill

    Date released
    1962
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    145
    NoS ID
    349769
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: Industry in Lancashire, and how the reduced demand for cotton goods is being countered by the modernisation of some mills and the conversion of others for enterprises ranging from the rearing...

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  10. The Royal

    Date released
    1955
    Series name
    Unilever Magazine
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    349876
    Story no
    1 / 2

    BFI Summary - the world’s largest marquee at the Royal Agricultural show, Windsor NWFA synopsis: showing preparations for the Royal Agricultural Show; visitors enjoying the exhibitions of machinery and...

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