Ken Loach's film about the miners' strike in 1984/5. Film by Ken Loach taken in various areas of Britain during the 1984/85 miners' strike, and includes songs, poems and performances by miners and their families, as well as better-known singers and comedians. Interspersed with these…
The personal transformation of Dr Charlie Clements from pilot in Vietnam to doctor in El Salvador. Tells the dramatic story of Dr Charlie Clements' journey from pilot in Vietnam to doctor behind rebel lines in El Salvador. Charlie Clements was the "right stuff", top in his class at…
Introducing Quakers to the public - how do they live. There are twenty thousand Quakers in Great Britain and Ireland. In spite of their important historical role in the development of religious thought and in social reform over the last three hundred years little is known of them. This film aims to…
The lifestyle of members of the Religious Society of Friends, as seen by Young Friends. This is the first public film to be made about the life style of the Religious Society of Friends and in a lively way it raises many hot issues for young people. Four teenage Quakers show the Quaker way of silent…
People's attitudes to Asian women in Britain. Designed to encourage a critical awareness of how Asian women in particular are generally viewed in Britain, especially by the media and the teaching profession, who tend to perpetuate negative stereotypes rather than look at the reality as seen by…
Examines housing, industry, education, local government and the National Health Service in the 1980s An insight into what occurred in Britain in the 1980s. It looks at five areas of our infrastructure: housing, industry, education, local government and the National Health Service, and concisely explains…
Children who have been abused are helped to come to terms with their experiences. Child abuse - most parents who maltreat their children were victims of similar treatment themselves. How can this chain be broken? Nigel Evans filmed at the centre at Gravesend where children are encouraged through therapy…
The epoch of Tolstoy's War and Peace This is history told with a difference. Firstly it is full of Peter's special brand of humour known to many who saw him on television as a raconteur. Secondly this series was made in 1986 soon after the accession to the top job in the then Soviet Union…
The early history of Russia. Peter Ustinov traces the early history of Russia, from the first stirrings of its civilisation to the reign of Ivan the Terrible. Highlights include a meeting with Ivan, a visit to the Moscow Circus and scenes from the Bolshoi Operas, production, Boris Gudonov. The first…
Peter Ustinov's personal impressions of modern Russia. Peter Ustinov presents his personal impressions of life in Russia today. Highlights include visits to the capital of Siberia, Novosibirsk, which Ustinov likens to Houston; and visits to Moscow, Leningrad and Tbilisi, Georgia, where Ustinov…
They called it "The Main Street of America." When Martin Milner starred in the television series Route 66, U.S. Highway 66 was the busiest and most famous road in the Unites States. Thirty years later, Martin Milner (Route 66, Adam-12) hosts this heartwarming return to what remains of Route…
During two months of rehearsing, Marat Burnashev observed and filmed the work of Luk Perceval and his actors on Hamlet's first scene. The films gives a unique insight in the development of the scene from the first reading until the opening night. A Thalia Theatre Production Opening Night,…
