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FOR THE SCHOOLS

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STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. Sir J. Y. Simpson: an Edinburgh doctor uses chloroform as an anaesthetic for the first time (1847). Script by B. B. Crichton-Miller
2.25 SENIOR ENGLISH I. ' Old plays for Whitsuntide': two episodes from the Chester Miracle Plays, telling the story of the Flood and of Abraham and Isaac
2.50 ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS
'Vaughan Williams and his Music': an illustrated talk by Joseph Cooper
3.10 LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN

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Script By:
B. B. Crichton-Miller
Talk By:
Joseph Cooper

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