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Hong Kong Chinese in Britain (1992 Video)

Director

Cherilene Chen

Subject

History

Distribution

Preview, 2 videocasssettes. VHS. col. 303 min.

Interviews with Chinese people living in Soho, London, who have migrated to Britain from Hong Kong. Some express their fears about the change of political power in Hong Kong in 1997, while others explain how...

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Hillview Estate (1991 Video)

Director

Peter Keighron

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Preview, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 279 min.

Record of the history of the Hillview estate, King’s Cross, in its centenary year. The estate was built in 1891 by the East End Dwellings Company to provide cheap housing mainly for railway workers....

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Bell-Ringing (1991 Video)

Director

Hugh Deam

Subject

History

Distribution

Preview, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 298 min.

Records the activity of bell ringing. Scenes show the use of the bell to announce impending church services. Shows the working of bells in detail, in particular the trajectory on the swing of the bell. A...

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Farming and Wildlife in the Parish of Southwell, Nottinghamshire (1988 Video)

Director

David G Measures

Subject

Agriculture; History

Distribution

Preview, 4 videocassettes. VHS. col. 395 min.

Records a variety of farming enterprises in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, as it is today, in view of the changes to be expected in the near future arising from government regulations. They record the steps...

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England’s Oldest Borough (1994 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Preview, 4 videocassettes. VHS. col. 837 min.

The building of a new downstream bridge in Barnstaple, Devon, changes the landscape of one of the oldest boroughs in England. Interviews with owners of the town’s family businesses describe how these...

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Film From Video Tape

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

91

NoS ID

329472

Story no

1 / 3

COI synopsis: It’s often easier to record TV programmes on videotape, than on film, but more difficult to sell them to other stations because of varying electronic standards throughout the world, and...

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New Arterial Road - Opened by Mayor of Ramsgate

Date released

12 Feb 1923

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1241

NoS ID

079241

Story no

1 / 4

Mayoress cuts tape. Mayor speaks.

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Exmouth Health Care (1989 Video)

aka: Paediatric Care and Care of the Elderly in the West Country

Director

Judith Matthews

Distribution

Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 243 min

Interviews with doctors, midwives, health visitors and nurses about the changes in the practice of care in a service with a rural catchment in Exmouth, Devon. Focuses on maternal and infant welfare before...

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Wembley Park Tennis Courts Opened (Cover 33 Acres)

Date released

10 May 1923

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1266

NoS ID

079343

Story no

1 / 4

Girl gives bouquet to Viscountess Burnham. Viscount cuts tape. Crowds. Courts.

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Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, The (1989 Video)

Director

J Underwood

Subject

Crafts; History

Distribution

Preview, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 205 min.

Records people and places in Birmingham’s jewellery quarter, including memories of the past, the present working practices, tools and conditions, and the prospects for young people learning and continuing...

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