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Ski-Jumping on Sand at Southampton, Long Island

Date released

22 Sep 1938

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

494

NoS ID

058222

Story no

4 / 12

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Sand Islands (1977 Film)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A description of the stages (from concept through model to prototype) leading to the production of cheap, stable man-made islands. Shows the prototype construction of an island by hydraulically placing sand...

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Women’s Island

Date released

2 Dec 1957

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

153

NoS ID

120480

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A bachelor’s dream of paradise is the beautiful island of Grand Cayman in the West Indies. It has sea, sand, sun and is better known as the Island of Women - and there’s no income tax....

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Reef at Heron Island, The (1967 Film)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The reef at Heron Island - 5 1/2 miles long, 2 1/2 miles wide, an island of white coral sand. Part of the film is devoted to the reef flat, and part to the reef slope.

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Black and White Sands

Date released

13 Mar 1961

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

324

NoS ID

121030

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - On the island of Grenada a beach of black sand runs parallel to a golden one on opposite sides of a stretch of land.

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Sea and Rail Disasters

Date released

17 Apr 1941

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

41/31

NoS ID

098721

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The collier "Student Prince" bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia, is stuck fast to sand bar and nothing can stop her being broken up by the raging seas. Further west along the Ohio River tragedy comes to a...

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Water Postman

Date released

18 Oct 1964

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

512

NoS ID

121573

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Every morning a young postman sets out to deliver mail to the lonely people who live on islands in Poole Harbour. He delivers milk, bread and papers too, to Brownsea, Round and Furzey...

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A Thousand Years on a Mountain

Date released

27 Sep 1965

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1895

NoS ID

026159

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Thousand Years on a Mountain. DESCRIPTION: Off the north coast of France pilgrims make their way to Mont St Michel to inaugurate its 1000th anniversary year. SHOTLIST: GV Mont St...

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Jericho

Date released

30 Jun 1966

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

601

NoS ID

121772

Story no

1 / 2

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Amongst the barren desert hills of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan lies the ancient oasis city of Jericho. This is a lush island in a sea of sand and rock. This is where Elisha made the...

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Strange Tales from the Dunes (1989 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Filmed entirely on location amongst the sand dunes on Holy Island in the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve. Examines what is known about biochemical and ecological interactions between some plants and...

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