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News Flashes - Stop Press

Date released

29 Mar 1943

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1260

NoS ID

038631

Story no

5 / 9

Veronica Lake abandons "peek-a-bang" hair fashion at request of government.

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Glass Key, The (1942)

Subject

Film Studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 minutes), £9.99

An adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel about rival gangsters during Prohibition which later served as the uncredited basis for the Coen brothers’ ‘Miller’s Crossing’, this 1942 film stars Alan...

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7th anniversary of Lord Lucan disappearance (1981)

Genre

Interview; Music; News report; Special

Report on the 7th anniversary of the disappearance of Lord Lucan, looking back at the case. Includes interviews with Peter Badham(?), drinker in the Plumber’s Arms at the time of the discovery of the...

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Media Screen Roundup: December 2015 - January 2016

Date

2 Feb 2016, 10:22

Author

Linda

Post Type

Post

The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, and published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Sir...

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This Gun for Hire (1942)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 78 minutes), £9.99

An adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1936 novel about a hired killer on the run ‘A Gun For Sale’, starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Laird Cregar with the action relocated to the United States.

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They Call It Baseball

Date released

27 Dec 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/103

NoS ID

100226

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Film stars at baseball match. Linda Darnell signs autographs. Deanna Durbin and Veronica Lake on pitch choose sides. The gag baseball match in progress. Mischa Auer in morning suit goes out to bat.

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Farming with Nature: A Case Study of Successful Temperate Permaculture (2001)

Subject

Agriculture; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 35 mins), 10 euros (Ecofilm)

A case study of successful temperate permaculture. Sepp and Veronica Holzer farm 112 acres on a south facing hillside in the Austrian Alps. There they integrate methods of agroforestry on terraces and raised...

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Terraces and Raised Beds (2003)

aka: Aquaculture: Synergy of Land and Water

Subject

Agriculture; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 27 mins), £15.00

Shows how Sepp and Veronica Holzer have cultivated 112 acres on a south facing hillside in the Austrian Alps in soil that had become acidic due to the pine forests planted all around. Out of this sterile...

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