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    The black arrow. The complete series
    Robert Louis Stevenson's the black arrow Catalog Record Only
    "As the Wars of the Roses rage through England, bringing tyranny, injustice and slaughter, a masked avenger roams the land, delivering justice from his bow. Who is the hooded Black Arrow, fighting for the poor and daring to go against the will of corrupt and murderous barons?"--Container.
    • Contributor: Cuff, Simon - Leng, Bob - Havers, Nigel - Stevenson, Robert Louis - Squire, William - Croft, Peter - Phillips, Dorothea - Vci Entertainment (Firm) - Rollings, Gordon - Southern Productions (Firm) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2010
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    Mary of Scotland Catalog Record Only LP6573 PAu1-791-656 (Colorized version) U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: RKO-Radio Pictures, Inc.; 30Jul36; LP6537. Minor change version: [Colorized version]. Copyright for minor change version: RKO Pictures Inc. PAu1-791-656. Copyright notice for minor change version on video: RKO Pictures ; 1993. Photographed by Joseph H. August ; music by Nathaniel Shilkret ; editorial associate, Jane Loring. Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton, John Carradine....
    • Contributor: RKO Radio Pictures - Afi/RKO Collection (Library of Congress) - Nichols, Dudley - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Hepburn, Katharine - Eldridge, Florence - Anderson, Maxwell - March, Fredric - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Ford, John
    • Date: 1936
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    Mutiny on the Bounty Catalog Record Only An adventure drama about the conflicts between the brutal Captain Bligh and his first mate, Fletcher Christian, which led to the mutiny aboard H.M.S. Bounty in the South Pacific in 1789, and the escape of the mutineers to Pitcairn Island.
    • Contributor: Lederer, Charles - Kaper, Bronislaw - Harris, Richard - Brando, Marlon - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Nordhoff, Charles - Rosenberg, Aaron - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Surtees, Robert - Milestone, Lewis - Teriipaia, Tarita - McSweeney, John - Howard, Trevor
    • Date: 1988
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    Great Britain 1900-1912--along the great divide Catalog Record Only Copyright: no reg. Copyright notice on film: PI Production, Channel 4 TV, FR3 ; 1985. Original music, Annick Nozati ; editing by Anita Fernandez and Florence Bon ; voices, Richard Hunt, John Coombes, Andrew Anyway. Reference sources used: Sightlines, Fall 1989, p. 30-31; Booklist, November 15, 1989, p. 685. Received: 5/8/90; viewing copy; purchase, paperwork in ACQ: Facets Multimedia, purchase order no. 0198475; LC...
    • Contributor: Channel Four (Great Britain) - France. Ministère De La Culture - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1989
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    The court jester A lowly member of a band of patriotic rogues in twelfth-century England impersonates a famous court jester to gain entrance to the palace of a tyrant king and, after a series of misadventures, helps to place the rightful infant ruler on the throne.
    • Contributor: Lansbury, Angela - Rathbone, Basil - Paramount Pictures Corporation - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Dena Productions - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Johns, Glynis - Panama, Norman - Frank, Melvin - Kaye (Danny)/FINE (Sylvia) Collection (Library of Congress) - Kaye, Danny
    • Date: 1956
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    Hope and glory Catalog Record Only A seven year old boy named Bill grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2.
    • Contributor: Miles, Sarah - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Boorman, John - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Muir, Geraldine - Rice-Edwards, Sebastian
    • Date: 1987
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    A Connecticut yankee
    Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court Catalog Record Only
    LP2048 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Fox Film Corp.; 5Apr31; LP2048. Photography, Ernest Palmer. Will Rogers, William Farnum, Maureen O'Sullivan, Myrna Loy, Frank Albertson, Brandon Hurst, Mitchell Harris, Ward Bond. Based on the novel, A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court, by Mark Twain. Sources used: Rollins, P. Will Rogers--a bio-bibliography, p. 197-198; MBRS subject files; American Film Institute catalog, feature films, 1931-40, F3.0801; Catalog...
    • Contributor: Butler, David - Twain, Mark - Rogers, Will - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Conselman, William
    • Date: 1931
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    The lion in winter Catalog Record Only During Christmas, 1183, Henry II, King of England and half of France, assembles at his Chinon castle his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, imprisoned in Salisbury Tower for meddling in affairs of state, his three sons, Geoffrey, Richard and John, his mistress Alais, and her brother Philip, King of France. Henry's purpose is to nominate his successor, who will then marry Alais to keep England's...
    • Contributor: Harvey, Anthony - Goldman, James - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Avco Embassy Pictures - Hepburn, Katharine - Haworth Productions, Ltd - O'Toole, Peter - Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm) - Merrow, Jane - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1986
  • Film, Video
    House of victories--Baitul Futuh Mosque [and] Persecution of Ahmadis--early years
    House of victories--Baitul Futuh Mosque | Persecution of Ahmadis--early years Catalog Record Only
    Documentaries on Baitul Futuh Mosque, aka London Central Mosque or the Islamic Cultural Centre, ICC or Regent's Park Mosque with holding capacity for 5,000 people in London, England completed in 1978 on land donated by King George VI and funds donated in the millions from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates; the second documentary is about the persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims in the first...
    • Contributor: Islamic Cultural Centre (London, England) - Mta International - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2011
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel
    Alexander Korda's The Scarlet Pimpernel Catalog Record Only
    London fop Percy Blakeney is also secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who, in a variety of disguises, makes repeated daring trips to France to save aristocrats from Madame Guillotine. His unknowing wife is also French, and she finds that her brother, has been arrested by the Republic to try and get her to find out who "that damned elusive Pimpernel" really is.
    • Contributor: Wimperis, Arthur - Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet) - Howard, Leslie - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Oberon, Merle - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Aubinoe (Alvin L., Jr.) Family Film Collection (Library of Congress) - Massey, Raymond - Young, Harold
    • Date: 1935
  • Film, Video
    The life and death of Colonel Blimp
    Colonel Blimp Catalog Record Only
    Based on cartoonist David Low's parody of the old-fashioned British professional soldier, set in his ways and unable to adapt to the brutality of modern war. This story follows the career of Clive Candy, at first an idealistic, young Boer War hero, then a brigadier general, serving honorably in World War I. Finally, by World War II, he has become a bald, overweight, querulous...
    • Contributor: General Film Distributors - Kerr, Deborah - Pressburger, Emeric - Independent Producers, Ltd - Walbrook, Anton - Livesey, Roger - Powell, Michael - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Archers (Firm)
    • Date: 1943
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    I-- proud to be an Indian Catalog Record Only Indian (Sohail Khan), or I, as he prefers to be known, is distraught when he must move to London with his father in order to live with the rest of his family, who have been living in England for a while. Once there, I begins to realize that many of the minority families are being bullied by white skinheads, and he decides he must...
    • Contributor: Khan, Sohail - Malik, Daboo - Sira, Puneet - Ruby Films (Firm) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2004
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    Upstairs, downstairs. Complete series Catalog Record Only The saga of the aristocratic Bellamy family and their loyal and lively servants. Real-life events from 1903-1930 are incorporated into the stories of the Bellamy household. All 68 episodes on 20 discs. Includes 5-part documentary The Making of Upstairs, Downstairs; 24 episode commentaries; 25th anniversary retrospective Upstairs, Downstairs Remembered; interviews with the stars, composer, and editor; alternate pilot episode; and more.
    • Contributor: Marsh, Jean - Langton, David - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Williams, Simon - Down, Lesley-Anne - Collins, Pauline - London Weekend Television (Firm) - Jackson, Gordon
    • Date: 2011
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    The crying game Catalog Record Only Jude, a member of the Irish Republican Army, lures Jody, an English soldier, into being kidnapped. In captivity, he and his guard, Fergus, become acquainted. Jody tells him about the beautiful Dil, a hair stylist in London. When Jody attempts to escape, Fergus kills him. In London, Fergus finds Dil and they fall in love. When Jude tries to force Fergus to participate in...
    • Contributor: Davidson, Jaye - Palace Pictures - Whitaker, Forest - Miramax Films - Richardson, Miranda - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Live Home Video (Firm) - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Woolley, Stephen - Jordan, Neil - Rea, Stephen
    • Date: 1993
  • Film, Video
    The world at war. [No.] 2, Distant war, September 1939-May 1940
    Distant war, September 1939-May 1940 Catalog Record Only
    Copyright: no reg. Minor change version: [With added prologue]. -- United States : D.L. Taffner, [1973?]. Video is a minor change version. Series producer, Jeremy Isaacs ; narrator, Laurence Olivier ; music, Carl Davis. Broadcast in the U.S. on PBS during the 1973-1974 season. Variety, 9/19/73. Reference sources used: Television programming source books, v. 3, p. N116; Film news, v. 32, no. 5, p....
    • Contributor: Olivier, Laurence - Davis, Carl - Isaacs, Jeremy - Hubbard (Ray) Collection (Library of Congress) - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1973
  • Film, Video
    Bend it like Beckham
    Kick it like Beckham Catalog Record Only
    David Beckham is a British soccer star, whose trademark goal shot is a spectacular, almost unhittable curve across the pitch and into the net. He is idolized by the teenage heroine of this comedy, set in England, who is a gifted athlete, and wants to play soccer professionally, despite almost insurmountable obstacles: there is no professional women's league in England, and she is the...
    • Contributor: Nagra, Parminder - Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Kher, Anupam - Chadha, Gurinder - Knightley, Keira
    • Date: 2002
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    The adventures of Robin Hood Catalog Record Only Richard the Lionheart, King of England, entrusts his kingdom to his brother so he can go fight in the Crusades. The treacherous Prince John usurps the throne, oppresses the Saxons, and begins to collect exorbitant taxes. At a banquet in John's honor, Sir Robin of Locksley publicly denounces John, then escapes and hides in Sherwood Forest, where he and a band of like-minded men...
    • Contributor: Raine, Norman Reilly - Rathbone, Basil - Warner Bros. Pictures - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Curtiz, Michael - Miller, Seton I. - Keighley, William - Voyager Company - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Flynn, Errol - De Havilland, Olivia
    • Date: 1990
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    Umut adası : umutlar ve günahlar bazen aynı gemide yol alırlar
    Umutlar ve günahlar bazen aynı gemide yol alırlar Catalog Record Only
    A number of different people from Turkey emigrate to Britain for a better life, leaving behind poverty, lack of opportunity and troubled lives. But Britain, "the island of hope", turns out to be more an island of despair for them. One character is reduced to prostitution, another becomes a cocaine addict. Even those that don't meet with horrible fates, do not find the success...
    • Contributor: Sürmeli, Ali - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2007
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    Upstairs, downstairs. The complete series Catalog Record Only Upstairs, the Bellamy family negotiated the scandals and successes of the English aristocracy. Downstairs, their loyal and lively servants showed far less reserve when confronting the challenges of their lives. Together, their stories made TV magic. All 68 episodes of the landmark series are presented.
    • Contributor: Marsh, Jean - Langton, David - Gordon, Hannah - Beeny, Christopher - Atkins, Eileen - Arts and Entertainment Network - Sagitta Productions - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Jackson, Gordon - Down, Lesley-Anne ... Marsh, Jean - Langton, David - Gordon, Hannah - Beeny, Christopher - Atkins, Eileen - Arts and Entertainment Network - Sagitta Productions - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Jackson, Gordon - Down, Lesley-Anne - New Video Group - Owen, Meg Wynn - Tomasin, Jenny - Hawkesworth, John - London Weekend Television (Firm) - Williams, Simon - Baddeley, Angela
    • Date: 2002
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    Noah's castle Catalog Record Only In the near future, Britain is suffering economic and social decline. To get away from the constant food shortages and riots, Norman Mortimer moves his family to a run-down mansion in the countryside and begins fortifying the cellar to hoard supplies. But will their house now be a target for the desperate looters?
    • Contributor: Southern Television (Firm) - Townsend, John Rowe - Gipps-Kent, Simon - Francis, Marcus - Vci Entertainment (Firm) - Rimmer, Jean - Lewis, Alun - McCarty, Nick - Nutley, Colin - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Neal, David - Ekblom, Annette
    • Date: 2011
  • Film, Video
    Bend it like Beckham
    Kick it like Beckham Catalog Record Only
    Executive producers, Ulrich Felsberg, Russel Fischer, Simon Franks, Zygi Kamasa ; cinematography, Jong Lin ; editor, Justin Krish. Praminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, Frank Harper, Juliet Stevenson. In English, Hindi, and Panjabi. Originally released theatrically in 2002. LC also holds the U.S. release version of this work, and another copy of the Indian release version. Not...
    • Contributor: Nagra, Parminder - Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - Kher, Anupam - Chadha, Gurinder - Knightley, Keira
    • Date: 2002
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    Edge of darkness Catalog Record Only Escorting his activist daughter home from college, Detective Inspector Ronald Craven watches helplessly as she is gunned down in cold blood. Hell-bent on revenge, his search for her killer leads him into a terrifying encounter with government cover-ups and nuclear espionage.
    • Contributor: Whalley, Joanne - Baker, Joe Don - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) - British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service - Peck, Bob - Lionheart Television International - Clapton, Eric - Wearing, Michael - Martin, Troy Kennedy - Campbell, Martin
    • Date: 2009
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    A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court Catalog Record Only LP2265 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Paramount Pictures Inc.; 22Apr49 (in notice: 1948); LP2265. Music by Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke. Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, William Bendix, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Murvyn Vye, Virginia Field, Henry Wilcoxon. Based on the novel, A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court, by Mark Twain. Sources used: videodisc packaging; Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1940-49, p. 73. Received: 1/31/97;...
    • Contributor: Twain, Mark - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1949
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    Mawlana Hazar Imam's Golden Jubilee visit to the Unitted Kingdom 2-8 July 2008.
    Mawlana Hazar Imam Shah Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan, Golden Jubilee 1957-2007 Catalog Record Only
    Documentary film with speeches, regarding the visit of His Highness Prince Shah Karim Al-Husayni Aga Khan IV to the United Kingdom 2-8 July 2008 on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Aga Khan's reign of the Nizari Ismaili Imamat, a path of Shia Islam; includes footage of the reception at Buckimham Palace given by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
    • Contributor: LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2008