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Documentary casts light on hospital conditions (1981)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on a television documentary about psychiatric hospitals. The Silent Minority features St Lawrence’s Hospital in Caterham and Borocourt Hospital near Reading. Includes interview with COHSE nurses’...

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No Hands

Date released

28 Jan 1963

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

422

NoS ID

121333

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A car goes along a country road and the driver sits holding a newspaper with both hands and reading it as he races along. Dangerous driving? No, the safety-plans for tomorrow’s motoring...

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National Preview - Galloping Grandfather

Date released

24 Mar 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1920A

NoS ID

026376

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: National Preview Galloping Grandfather. DESCRIPTION: Tim Durant, a sixty-six year old grandfather, is to ride King Pin in the Grand National this year. Tim, who has spent a lifetime in...

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Daughter the younger (1988)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Poetry

Sean Street talks to Myfanwy Thomas, daughter of Edward Thomas, poet who died during the Battle of the Somme in World War One when she was a young girl. On her father, his poetry and family life. Includes...

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Missing boy Lester Chapman (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Interview with the mother of missing schoolboy Lester Chapman, Linda Chapman. She speaks of his fear of the dark and how she hopes that someone has him and he is not alone; she also says he will not be in...

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Pitsea murder investigation (1984)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Report on the murder of an unidentified woman whose dismembered body was found on a rubbish tip in Pitsea, Essex. Detective Sergeant Chris Nylan(?) asks the public for information, and says witnesses have...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: British Progress in Atomic Energy Research

Date released

22 Jul 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

998A

NoS ID

015221

Story no

4 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atomic Energy. DESCRIPTION: A look at the British Atomic Research Establishment at Harwell, shows the machine and scientists at work. SHOTLIST: KS SCU giant generator. LS Harwell Atomic...

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Kings Road Wrap - development in Reading (1981)

An interview with the government representative of Berkshire County Council. He says he is confidently expecting more than 10 million pounds for the 4 acres site between Reading Abbey and Kings Road. The...

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Matthews Interview: Daphne Phillips, local historian (1983)

Mike Matthews is not in today. Marion Fountayne talks to Daphne Phillips, the Chief Local Studies Historian for the County of Berkshire. She wrote a fascinating book about the History of Reading. She talks...

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Interview about the forthcoming visit of the Queen to Shire Hall, Reading (1982)

The Queen is to make a flying visit to Reading on April the second, and will make a brief trip to Maidenhead later this month. The Reading engagement is to formally open the County Council offices at...

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