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Jamaica Problem

Date released

Oct 1947

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

14

NoS ID

347017

Story no

1 / 2

NoS synopsis: Jamaica’s economic problems and her struggle for survival, especially her need for new industries and wider education.

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Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, The (1929 Film)

Newsfilm. The laying of the foundation stone for the new Shakespeare Memorial Theatre by Lord Ampthill on 2 July 1929. View of the old theatre; members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire and...

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Palestine

Date released

Mar 1947

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

6

NoS ID

346958

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: The political problems of modern Palestine illustrated. Focuses on the conflict of Jews and Arabs which the British encounter in the administration of the territory under League of Nations...

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The British - Are They Artistic?

Date released

Feb 1948

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

16

NoS ID

347021

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: A discussion of the cultural life of Britain and the people’s reaction to drama and the arts. Features George Bernard Shaw, Myra Hess, Norman Collins, Charles B. Cochran, and Robert Donat.

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Land Short of People

Date released

Nov 1947

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

15

NoS ID

347019

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: A survey of Australia’s growth and the problems still facing the new nation. Contains a plea for new immigrants to develop Australian resources.

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Thoroughbreds for the World

Date released

Feb 1947

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

5

NoS ID

346956

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: Begins with Lord Derby at home with his horses, trainer and stud groom, then on to famous race horses, from the Godolphin Barb to Airborne, and from foalhood to maturity. The emphasis is on...

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Tomorrow by Air

Date released

18 Nov 1946

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

3

NoS ID

346940

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: The history of British aviation, from the pioneers of flight to the jet- research Lancastrian; current developments and modern civil aircraft types, culminating in the State-owned airways,...

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Coal Crisis

Date released

Apr 1947

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

7

NoS ID

346964

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Opening industrial shots whilst the commentary emphasises how much industry depends on coal. Other uses of coal are given including its use as an export. Shots of coal being loaded onto a cargo...

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Queen’s Silver Jubilee Gala, The (1977 Television)

Producer

Brian Large

The Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet perform in the presence of members of the Royal Family in celebration of the Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee. Includes Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing Hamlet...

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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Restored: Much Ado About Something (1997 Video)

aka: Shakespeare’s Globe Restored: Teaching by Performance

Director

Audrey Ichinose

In 1996 a student production of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Hugh Richmond and Louis Fantasia, transferred from the University of California at Berkeley to the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre...

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