pferguson | April 30, 2016
Unpretentious Little Workshop: Hancocks the Manufacturer “After several submissions and amendments, designs submitted by Lord Panmure were approved and in March 1856 the war office instructed Hancocks to produce 106 Victoria Cross medals. A duty that the firm proudly upholds to the present day.” (Hancocks website) Thanks to British Pathé(via Youtube) for this small feature, […]
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Tags: 1945, Alec Forbes, Archival Film, British Pathe, Burlington Arcade, Hancocks, London (England), Lord Panmure, Victoria Cross
pferguson | July 27, 2013
What Black and White Film Can Do! Dad’s Army the well-known British Home Guard sitcom played from 1968 – 1977 with the first two series, of nine, being filmed in black and white. Recently I sat down and watched Series 1 Episode 1, The Man and the Hour, and chuckled my way through the dialogue. I […]
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Tags: Arnold Ridley, Arthur Lowe, Blitz, Clive Dunn, Dad's Army, Film History, Great War, Hancocks, Home Guard, Ian Lavender, Imperial War Museum, James Beck, John Laurie, John Le Mesurier, LDV, Local Defence Volunteers, Look Duck and Vanish, Second World War, The Man and the Hour, Victoria Cross
