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  1. Stanley Matthews

    Series name
    British Sporting Personalities
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    323878
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Stanley Matthews of Staffordshire, eighty times an English Soccer International, began learning his extraordinary ball-control as a boy on a strip of ground in the shadow of the pottery-kilns....

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  2. New Town Housewife

    Series name
    Looking At Britain
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    326938
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: The life of a housewife and her family in one of Britain’s new towns. The film follows her daily routine, showing how she looks after her new hosue and tends to her family, describing the...

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  3. The Docker

    Series name
    Looking At Britain
    Issue no
    13
    NoS ID
    326939
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: London dockworkers pictured against daily activities at the Port of London. The film shows something of the pride taken by the docker in his work and in his native River Thames; the kind of...

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  4. Cars Put To The Test

    Series name
    Looking At Britain
    Issue no
    14
    NoS ID
    326940
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Tests and trials for British cars are a vital stage in their manufacture, and the film shows some of the exhaustive tests which standard models must undergo. International rallies and races...

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  5. An Hour From London

    Date released
    1950
    Series name
    This Is Britain
    Issue no
    46
    NoS ID
    328236
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: The variety of scenery, historical associations and interest any traveller may find in an hour’s travel from the centre of London by road, rail and river. Various typical sorties from the...

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  6. Sense Of Taste

    Date released
    1950
    Series name
    This Is Britain
    Issue no
    48
    NoS ID
    328238
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: The traditional delicacies of Britain’s table and cellar are often forgotten but in fact, as the film shows in a gastronomic tour of the British Isles, her specialities have reached the ends...

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  7. Love Of Books

    Date released
    1951
    Series name
    This Is Britain
    Issue no
    50
    NoS ID
    328240
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: The story of English books as objects of beauty in themselves; and their importance today. "A book", says Sir Francis Meynell of the Nonesuch Press, speaking in the film, "must be created as a...

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  8. Man On The Beat

    Date released
    1957
    Series name
    Transatlantic Teleview
    Issue no
    26
    NoS ID
    329690
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: London police have a fine reputation and enjoy extraordinary prestige the world over. In interviews with London policemen, and with Sir John Nott-Bower, then Metropolitan Police Commissioner,...

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  9. The West Indies

    Date released
    1958
    Series name
    Transatlantic Teleview
    Issue no
    36
    NoS ID
    329700
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Set entirely in Jamaica on the eve of federation, this film contains eight interviews which reflect life on the Island, and the development of its industries, transport and welfare service. The...

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  10. Oxford

    Date released
    1958
    Series name
    Topic
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    329651
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Through the eyes of North Carolina’s Dick Baker who has won a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, American visitors, Joan and Julius Evans, discover the distinctive features of the tutorial system...

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