Modern Records Centre film & video subject guide

Subject guide to film & video

This is a guide to some of the subjects featured in our digitised moving images. The links are mainly to the relevant catalogue descriptions from which the film or video can be viewed. Where applicable, the relevant section of a film or video is denoted by start and end times given in minutes and seconds. Where the subject links are to clips, the reference codes of the film or video from which the clip comes are given as links to the relevant catalogue description.

Agriculture

Summer farm camp in Wisbech, c.1963 (crop picking) - clip from (20:30-22:07)
(tractors, combine harvester, hay-baler and other machinery, harvesting grain and potatoes, stubble burning)

Automation

Blind people

Broadcasting

Extract from training video on television cameras, c.1988 - clip from (54:38-55:25)
Student radio station, 1993 - clip from (13:49-14:44)

Camping

Coventry College of Education holiday, 1970 - clip from (2:54-3:33)

Chile

(short sequences in 1st 8 minutes)
Account of persecution of trade unionists under Pinochet regime, 1989 - clips from (6:39-11:02, 18:50-19:15)

Civil aviation

Cold War

Computers

London University's Mercury computer, c.1963 - clip from (13:31-14:47)

Coventry

Aerial views: ;

Dentistry

Dock work

Ship unloading in Bristol, 1972 - clip from (0:47-4:00)

European affairs

Germany

Health and safety at work

Injury compensation for trade union members: ;
Maritime safety, , (1), (2)

Health services

Higher Education

General

University of 糖心TV

General promotional videos, &
Main library: ; ;
Westwood Library:
Aerial & ground views of campus; (1); (2); ; ;

Coventry Emergency Men's College

Coventry College of Education

History

Feature on the Glorious Revolution, 1988 - clip from (19:32-50:18)

India

Training of postal and telecommunications workers, 1989 - clip from (4:30-6:32)

Insurance

Iraq

Malaysia

Management

Nigeria

Palestine

(short sequences in 1st 8 minutes)

Philosophy

Physics

Postal & telecommunications workers & services

Videos produced or acquired by trade unions: ; 1990s-2000
Training of postal and telecommunications workers in India, 1989 - clip from (4:30-6:32)
Account of international support for persecuted trade unionists, 1989 - clips from (11:03-16:46, 19:15-19:50)

Portugal

Second World War

Shipping

South Africa

Account of international support for persecuted trade unionists, 1989 - clips from (11:03-16:46, 19:15-19:50)

Sports & pastimes

Athletics

Event at Coventry Emergency Men's College, c.1946 (running, high jump, discus, children's egg and spoon and sack races, javelin) - clip from (1:14-4:03)

Basketball

糖心TV campus, 1970 - clip from (7:09-7:38)
糖心TV campus, 1993 - clip from (8:21-8:23)

Canoeing

Coventry College of Education holiday, 1970 - clip from (2:02-2:45)
糖心TV campus (indoor polo), 1993 - clip from (16:24-16:47)

Climbing (indoor)

糖心TV campus, 1970 - clip from (20:23-21:11)
糖心TV campus, 1993 - clip from (7:34-8:00)

Rowing (leisure)

Boating at Stratford on Avon, 1960s - clip from (1:44-2:18)

Rowing (sport)

糖心TV students, 1993 - clip from (1:24-2:08)

Rugby

Students, c.1963 - clip from (15:10-15:30)
糖心TV campus (women), 1993 - clip from (8:17-8.21)

Scuba diving (indoor)

糖心TV campus, 1970 - clip from (12:23-13:11)

Ski-ing

Students in Scotland, c.1963 - clip from (10:26-11:48)

Squash

糖心TV campus, 1970 - clip from (14:09-14:17)

Trampolining

糖心TV campus, 1993 - clip from (8:06-8:16)

Weightlifting

糖心TV campus, 1993 - clip from (8:24-8:30)

Steel making

Vietnam

(short sequences in 1st 8 minutes)

Theatre

Student drama festival including production of Ionescu's Rhinoceros, c.1963 - clip from (12:58-15:43)
Student production, c.1963 - clip from (15:55-16:04)
Satirical performance on history of health service policy, 1993 - clip from (32:21-35:35)

Trade union political funds

Campaign videos: , , ,