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Edinburgh Festival

Date released

1947

Series name

This Is Britain

Issue no

20

NoS ID

328210

Story no

1 / 2

COI synopsis: The first International Festival of Music and Drama in Edinburgh opened at the same time as the Exhibition of Industrial Design, ‘Enterprise Scotland’, 1947.

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Microcosmos (1996 Video)

aka: Microcosmos: Le Peuple en Herbe

Director

Claude Nuridsany; Marie Pérennou

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £15.99

Uses cinemicrography, flying cameras and time-lapse cinematography to present a insect’s-eye view of the wildlife found in a meadow in southern France in summertime. Shows a bee gathering pollen; a...

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The Adventures of Shakespeare and Watson: Detectives of Mystery (Film)

Director

Christopher Piazza

Producer

Christopher Piazza; Kathleeen Green; Sara Ruth Blake

Comedy short. Shakespeare and Watson are on the run from Russian mobsters in Brighton Beach after Shakespeare stole a bag of cocaine. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go back in time using Sherlock’s...

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Enigma Films gains investment (1988)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified male speaker (poss. David Puttnam) on a four-year deal between his British production company Enigma Films and BSB (British Satellite Broadcasting), Warner Brothers, the Japanese communications...

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Matthews Meets Irene Handl, actress and writer (1987)

At this time on a Wednesday evening you would normally be listening to SHOWCASE, 210 s Arts and Entertainment programme. But tonight we have a special tribute to that grand old lady of British stage and...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Gateway additions and updates

Date

12 May 2011, 14:36

Author

Cathy Grant

Post Type

Post

BBC Wildlife Finder A site from the BBC that uses footage from the Natural History Unit archive to show hundreds of different animals, their habitats, and animal and plant adaptations and behaviour. The...

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folding boats

Date released

1946

Series name

Britain Can Make It

Issue no

10

NoS ID

323867

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: A new type of folding boat, the peace-time venture of a famous aircraft factory

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Baraka/Chronos (1985)

Subject

Anthropology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £29.99

Two films from the cinematographer of KOYAANISQUATSI, Ron Fricke. BARAKA (1992) is a visually stunning film shot over 13 months in 24 countries, providing an overwhelming experience that spans the...

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Post Office Services

Date released

1961

Series name

Looking At Britain

Issue no

25

NoS ID

326951

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: This film shows something of the complex organisation that lies behind the speedy, accurate and reliable handling of mail by following the progress of a letter from the time of posting to the...

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Radar Ornithology (1963 Video)

Subject

Biology; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 25, 10 min., 1995 sale: £12.00 (+p&p)

Part 1 (1963): A film about starlines made for the Granada Television series ANOTHER WORLD. In 1963 Douglas Fisher was filming starling roosts near Colchester when he heard that Dr Eastwood and members of...

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