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Czechs Escape, Fly to England

Date released

9 Oct 1950

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2046

NoS ID

042646

Story no

3 / 5

Nine Czechoslovaks, including one child of five, are safe in Hampstead after daring escape-flight from Prague to Manston.

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Air Crash Investigation and Escape (2006)

Subject

Aviation; Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 99 minutes), £14.99

For decades Britain led the world in aviation technology, thanks largely to the work of the Royal Aircraft Establishment with centres at Farnborough, Bedford and throughout the UK. These rare and often...

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Danger Within (1959 Film)

aka: Breakout

Director

Don Chaffey

Producer

Colin Lesslie

Feature film adapted from Michael Gilbett’s 1952 novel ‘Death in Captivity’, based on his experiences as a POW in Italy during the Second World War. In the book the play being produced is Rudolf...

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Ronnie Biggs on the twentieth anniversary of his escape (1985)

Genre

Interview

Interview from Brazil with Ronnie Biggs, who escaped from prison after being convicted for his part in the Great Train Robbery, about his plans for the twentieth anniversary of his escape. Male interviewer...

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Best of 1978: interviews from The Late Show 1978 - nd [1978]

Best of 1978: a selection of the best interviews from Radio Victory’s Late Show 1978. Interviews: [not announced, no introduction. Introductions are written on cue sheets] Frank Muir writer In: We had an...

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Elmer Bernstein: the man with the golden ear (1985)

aka: Terry Cloke in conversation

Terry Cloke talks to Elmer Bernstein, the man behind the music of such classic films as ‘The Magnificent Seven’, ‘The Ten Commandments’and ‘The Great Escape’ as well as the more recent...

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Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925

Date

2 May 2014, 10:32

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Charles Urban: Pioneering the Non-Fiction Film in Britain and America, 1897-1925 by Luke McKernan (University of Exeter Press, 2013),  256 pages, ISBN: 978-0859898829 (hardback) £60 About the reviewer:...

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The Naval Scene - Submarine Escape Apparatus

Date released

7 Oct 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1322A

NoS ID

019583

Story no

8 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Submarine Escape Apparatus. DESCRIPTION: At Submarine Headquarters at Gosport, a one-man escape chamber method has been recently demonstrated in a new 100 ft escape training tank....

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Escape Suits Will Avert "Truculent" Tragedies

Date released

13 Feb 1950

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

50/13

NoS ID

103323

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

At Gosport, the new escape suit that might have saved the men of the submarine Truculent who surfaced, but were swept away, is shown in action.

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New Sub. Escape Techniques

Date released

7 Oct 1954

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

54/78

NoS ID

106067

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

The "Free Ascent" method of submarine escape is demonstrated at Portsmouth

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