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  1. John D Rockefeller Passes Away

    Date released
    27 May 1937
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    652
    NoS ID
    035209
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 shot list

    Intimate cameos of one-time richest man in world, who gave up business and took up wholesale philanthropy.

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  2. Five per Cent and Philanthropy (1975 Film)

    Director
    Nigel E Heverly; Jennifer Tann
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at the state of London’s housing in the early to mid-19th century and traces the efforts of Victorian philanthropists to provide improved dwellings. Housing was provided by Charitable Trusts, by City...

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  3. Mr and Mrs West give away their possessions (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Mr (Alec?) and Mrs West are looking for bids for two hundred items, in order that they might donate the proceeds to others more needy than themselves. Other items they are giving away, only keeping personal...

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  4. IHR Winter Conference: The Utopian Universities: A Fifty Year Retrospective

    Date
    4 Jul 2014, 11:57
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    IHR Winter Conference 23 - 24 October 2014 Wolfson Conference Centre Institute of Historical Research Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU http://winterconference.history.ac.uk/ This...

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  5. When Bankers Were Good (2011)

    Subject
    Economics; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £15.00

    Documentary. Ian Hislop takes a look at attitudes to money and morality when the City of London first became the world’s financial capital. Victorian bankers achieved wealth on a scale never envisaged by...

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  6. Song of the Shirt, The (1979 Film)

    Director
    Susan Clayton; Jonathan Curling
    Subject
    Economics; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An investigation into the position of working women in the 1840s, the effects of protectionist philanthropy and the resistance to it. Deals with a group of women working in the new ‘sweated’ clothes...

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  7. Lord Longford on his new organisation, Help (1986)

    Genre
    Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Trailer

    Lord Longford (Frank Pakenham) is interviewed by Gill Pyrah on The Pyrah Programme about the launch of his charitable organisation, Help. He talks about Christianity, unemployment and homosexuality. Reporter...

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  8. Impact Report 2011

    Date
    17 Nov 2016, 15:17
    Author
    Luis Carrasqueiro
    Post Type
    Page

    Today more than ever there is pressure on those in receipt of public funds to demonstrate the value of the work they do. Reporting impact is therefore becoming an essential requirement for charities such...

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  9. Civilisation (13 Parts) (1969)

    Subject
    History; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £49.99 (DD) £25.99 (BBC)

    Sir Kenneth Clark’s personal view of the development of Western civilisation, concentrating on crucial episodes in France, Germany, England, Italy and America. Against the historical background are the men...

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  10. New to Moving Image Gateway

    Date
    22 Sep 2015, 08:38
    Author
    BUFVC-user34036
    Post Type
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    This Gateway includes 1,800 websites relating to moving image and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or...

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