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William Thorpe

Date released

1963

Series name

The Way Ahead (National)

Issue no

3

NoS ID

353005

NoS synopsis: Interview with the Area General Manager

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Unworthy Scaffold, An (1972 Film, Video)

aka: Theatre in Shakespeare’s Time, The

Director

Piers Jessop

Producer

John Seabourne

Traces the development of the English theatre from the miracle and morality plays of the Middle Ages, then illustrates the design of the Elizabethan theatre. Burbage’s Theatre was built in 1576 at...

Shakespeare Shakespeare productions Record only

Parliamentary review 1977 (1977)

Genre

Interview; News report; Special; Speech

Ed Boyle’s review of the Parliamentary year, Christmas 1977. Subjects include the Lib-Lab pact; proportional representation; the European Parliament; devolution. Speaking are: Margaret Thatcher, Edward...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Election

Date released

22 Jun 1970

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2142

NoS ID

028366

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Election. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s electors flatly contradict the opinion polls by plumping for Edward Heath and the Conservative Party. Some devastating blows to Labour included in the...

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Lundy Says ‘Thank You’

Date released

2 Oct 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2104A

NoS ID

028028

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lundy Says ‘Thank You’. DESCRIPTION: To mark the purchase of the Island for the Nation, Lundy says thank you by inviting many of those who contributed to the Appeal Fund to spend a...

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Remembrance Day Service

Date released

16 Nov 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2267A

NoS ID

029647

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Remembrance Day Service. DESCRIPTION: The Queen leads her Government and people in the traditional Armistice Day Ceremony. Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, lays a wreath for the first...

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The Magic Box

Date released

24 Sep 1951

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1164

NoS ID

017383

Story no

4 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Magic Box. DESCRIPTION: There was a very big gathering at the Odeon, Leicester Square, for the premiere of The Magic Box - the story of William Friese-Greene, the Englishman, whose...

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Play’s the Thing, The (1993 Radio)

Series

Craddock and Co

Director

Chris Thompson

Producer

John Taylor

Second episode of a Victorian detective series in which Lucy Greenwood and her Uncle Craddock investigate a series of mysterious incidents at a London theatre. When, during performances of Hamlet, the actor...

Shakespeare Shakespeare productions To order

All Colour: The State Opening of Parliament

Date released

4 Nov 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2370

NoS ID

030532

Story no

1 / 1

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: State Opening of Parliament in Colour. DESCRIPTION: A new session of Parliament is opened by Her Majesty the Queen amid the rich ceremonial which is part of Britain’s National...

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (1939 Film)

aka: Huckleberry Finn

Director

Richard Thorpe (2)

Producer

Joseph L Mankiewicz

Feature film based on Mark Twain’s novel with Mickey Rooney as Huck. Douglas Lanier in Shakespeares After Shakespeare (entry 1120) notes that this is the only film version of Twain’s novel which includes...

Shakespeare Shakespeare productions To order