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Documentary Collection

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Poster, Night Mail

Poster, Night Mail, quoting part of the poem by W H Auden written for and narrated in the documentary film of the same name (1936). circa 1930s

Background imageDocumentary Collection: David Attenborough

David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (b.1926) English naturalist, widely considered the pioneer of the nature documentary

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Headsone of German Jewish soldier Max Seller, Belgium

Headsone of German Jewish soldier Max Seller, Belgium
The burial is in the CWGC Cemetery, Hyde Park Corner. In this same cemetery is the grave of Private Albert Edward French, a 16 years old who was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary in 1983

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Rerum sicularum libri VIII, by Nicolai Specialis

Rerum sicularum libri VIII, by Nicolai Specialis (Nicola Speciale, 14th century historian of Sicilian origin). In his work he described the deeds of the kings of the Crown of Aragon

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Barcinonensium. Marca Hispanica sive limes hispanicus

Barcinonensium. Marca Hispanica sive limes hispanicus. Book written in Latin by Pierre de Marca (1594-1662). In 1656 he was commissioned to formalise the border treaty between the kingdoms of France

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Marca Hispanica sive limes hispanicus

Marca Hispanica sive limes hispanicus
Illustrisimo Viro Ioanni Baptistae Colberto, marquis de Seignelay (1651-1690). Marca Hispanica sive limes hispanicus. Book written in Latin by Pierre de Marca (1594-1662)

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Liber Sextus Decretalium (Fragment)

Liber Sextus Decretalium (Fragment)
Leaf from a copy of the Liber Sextus Decretalium or Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII, parchment. Main body text in two columns in a cursive documentary script

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Legal Text? (Fragment)

Legal Text? (Fragment)
Two fragments from the same manuscript, parchment. Original text unknown. Text is in a cursive documentary script in brown in a single column recto and verso on both fragments

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Philosophical Treatise (Fragment)

Philosophical Treatise (Fragment)
Half of a leaf, paper. Text in black in three columns in a cursive documentary script. It is heavily abbreviated but appears to be a philosophical text. The top half of the leaf is missing

Background imageDocumentary Collection: John Pilger, Australian journalist and documentary maker

John Pilger, Australian journalist and documentary maker
John Richard Pilger (b 1939), Australian journalist, writer and documentary film maker, based in London. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Andrew Thorndike, German film producer, director, writer

Andrew Thorndike, German film producer, director, writer
Andrew Thorndike (1909-1979), German documentary film producer, director and writer. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Page from The Bystander reporting on the nature documentaries made by Strand Films under

Page from The Bystander reporting on the nature documentaries made by Strand Films under the supervision of Julian Huxley. The Birth of the Year followed animals in their early years. Date: 1938

Background imageDocumentary Collection: The Birth of the Year, Evelyn Spice film

The Birth of the Year, Evelyn Spice film
Zoo shots from the film The Birth of the Year, dealing with young life, directed by Evelyn Spice, produced by Stuart Legg, from Strand Films, an English documentary film company

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Street Life London 1878 - Old furniture

Street Life London 1878 - Old furniture
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - Old Furniture

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Elisabeth Welch in concert at the Almeida Theatre, London du

Elisabeth Welch in concert at the Almeida Theatre, London during the filming of the documentary Keeping Love Alive described as a self portrait in words and songs

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Film Director Jill Craigie in her home

Film Director Jill Craigie in her home
Film Director Jill Craigie (1911-1999), English documentary film director, screenwriter and feminist, photographed in her home

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Pals

Pals
Postcard: Pals!One of two postcards showing soldiers with horses, dating from World War One.One of 75 picture postcards, sentimental, humorous and documentary, from the period, before

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Paul Raineys African Hunt

Paul Raineys African Hunt
Promotional postcard for Paul Raineys African Hunt. Rainey was active with the American Geographical Society, American Museum of Natural History, the New York Zoological Society

Background imageDocumentary Collection: The film the Royal Family, 1969

The film the Royal Family, 1969
Double page spread from the Illustrated London News with scenes from the documentary, The Royal Family, a 105 minute film shown on BBC1 on 21 June 1969

Background imageDocumentary Collection: San SebastiᮮFestival 2010. Pasqual Maragall

San SebastiᮮFestival 2010. Pasqual Maragall
MARAGALL i MIRA, Pasqual (1941). Catalan politician socialist. President of Generalitat de Catalunya (catalan autonomus government) from 2003 to 2006

Background imageDocumentary Collection: Poster by Pedraza Blanco for the documentary

Poster by Pedraza Blanco for the documentary
" Poster by Pedraza Blanco for the documentary film " Tierra Espa񯬡 " (The Spanish Earth, 1937), written by Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos


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