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An introduction to the Industrial Training Act and its implications.

'A salmon egg has a better chance of reaching the sea than our young person has of getting the right first job and the proper training to go with it'. (Report on industrial training)
How can young people-especially 15-year-old school-leavers - be given a better deal?
Introduced by Geoffrey Stuttard.

Contributors

Presenter:
Geoffrey Stuttard
Producer:
Tony Matthews

A film series based on stories from the American past.
Starring Edward Andrews

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Contributors

Narrator:
Van Heflin
Director:
Robert Florey
Theme music:
Richard Rodgers
Boss Tweed:
Edward Andrews
George Jones:
James Daly
Matthew O'Rourke:
Carroll O'Connor
Sheriff O'Brien:
Frank Faylen
Richard Connolly:
Frank Maxwell
James Watson:
Russell Collins
Louis Jennings:
Willard Sage
Wilson Foord:
Tom Simcox
John J. Astor:
John Harding
Mayor Hall:
Byron Morrow
New York Sun Editor:
Nelson Leigh
Jury Foreman:
Mason Curry
Judge:
Sydney Smith

A topical magazine of the arts.
Introduced by Julian Jebb.
This edition includes:

Girls and Flowers
Art Nouveau in its time described by Martin Battersby collector and painter.
('Art Nouveau' exhibition now at the Grosvenor Gallery)

Fake Folk...?
by Alex Glasgow.
A look at the folk theme.

Alberto Moravia
An interview with the Italian author on the autumn publication of his book of essays Man as an End.

Contributors

Presenter:
Julian Jebb
Item presenter (Girls and Flowers):
Martin Battersby
Item presenter (Fake Folk...?):
Alex Glasgow
Interviewee:
Alberto Moravia
Director:
Leo Aylen
Director:
Jack Bond
Director:
John Mapplebeck
Director:
Tristram Powell
Producer:
Melvyn Bragg

The unforgettable rhythms of Glenn Miller and his Band.
With George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Lynn Bari, Cesar Romero, Carole Landis

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Contributors

Director:
Archie Mayo
Producer:
William Le Baron
Lyrics and music:
Mack Gordon
Lyrics and music:
Harry Warren
Gene Morrison:
Glenn Miller
Bill Abbott:
George Montgomery
Connie:
Ann Rutherford
Jaynie:
Lynn Bari
Sinjin:
Cesar Romero
Natalie:
Carole Landis
Elsie:
Virginia Gilmore
Caroline:
Mary Beth Hughes
Cully Anderson:
Henry Morgan
Beck:
Jackie Gleason
Musicians:
Glenn Miller and his Band
Dancers:
The Nicholas Brothers

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