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Books Worth Reading (1928 Radio)

Radio broadcast for schools. As part of this series of talks, two Shakespeare plays are used as the basis of an English literature lesson for 12-14 year old pupils: The Merchant of Venice and Julius Caesar....

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Lion’s den, The (1992 Video)

Director

Oliver Morse

Producer

Oliver Morse

Subject

Education

Distribution

Out Of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 40 min., 1994 sale: £50.00 (+VAT)

Two programmes on an experiment to find out about the craft of teaching and whether keeping order in class is a natural or acquired skill. Three teachers at the same school allow cameras to observe their...

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Mass Producing Fords (1984 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Henry Ford’s Model T is for many the symbol of mass production. Ford followed a tradition of scientific management, analysing work practice and reorganising so as to reduce the need for skill and...

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India at War

Date released

1942

Series name

The March of Time 8th Year

Issue no

2

NoS ID

352225

Story no

1 / 1

The March of Time synopsis: Today, Japan’s armies, consolidating their grip on China, see in India the key to the final conquest of the whole of Asia. But though India’s four hundred million people are...

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Iron Smelters of Eremi, The (1963 Film)

Director

Michael Crosfield

Subject

Anthropology; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows in the traditional methods of iron smelting and forging used by the Madi of Uganda. In Eremi only one old man knows how to smelt iron. A younger man goes digging some eight miles away for iron ore,...

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JUDO

Date released

Jul 1958

Series name

Mining Review 11th Year

Issue no

11

NoS ID

346008

Story no

2 / 3

BFI synopsis: a judo display by surveyor’s assistant D. Logan, holder of the third dan of the Black Belt NCB Commentary - Upton Colliery, near Pontefract, claims a skill in the surveyors’ department...

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RINK ‘N ROLL

Date released

May 1958

Series name

Mining Review 11th Year

Issue no

9

NoS ID

346001

Story no

2 / 4

BFI synopsis: miner Bob Lee teaches roller skating to local children NCB Commentary - With Fryston Colliery in the background, where he works, 62 year old Bob Lee comes over the fields on his way to the...

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NOTTINGHAM ROYAL

Date released

Oct 1955

Series name

Mining Review 9th Year

Issue no

2

NoS ID

345890

Story no

1 / 3

BFI synopsis: Pit ponies and mining machinery at the Royal Show at Nottingham NCB Commentary - At collieries around Nottingham, pit ponies come up for a breath of fresh air and for the final grooming to...

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COALS FOR CHINA

Date released

Sep 1958

Series name

Mining Review 12th Year

Issue no

1

NoS ID

346015

Story no

3 / 4

BFI synopsis: making of porcelain and china at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works. NCB Commentary - The "Arcturus" coal serves a factory on the banks of the canal where fine Porcelain has been made for...

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TOKYO GOLD

Date released

Jan 1965

Series name

Mining Review 18th Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

346274

Story no

4 / 4

BFI synopsis: Michael Shelton, a paraplegic miner, wins a gold medal in the paraplegic Olympic Games. NCB Commentary - When the glory and the shouting had subsided after the recent World Olympic Games in...

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