Results: Stories
348 results found for '"Brian Cobby"' in Credits.
Robot Gardening
- Date released
- 6 Jul 1959
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 236
- NoS ID
- 120746
- Story no
- 1 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: When modern science is applied to an age-old craft, you expect surprises. In Chelsea, London, we see how gardening methods have been brought up to date: a lawn mower operated by remote...
Restoring Monsters
- Date released
- 6 Jul 1959
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 236
- NoS ID
- 120747
- Story no
- 2 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: An unusual profession is practised by sculptor Adam Bienkowski, who is currently engaged in restoring the monsters in the grounds of the Crystal Palace. These enormous beasts, modelled in...
Isle of Man
- Date released
- 6 Jul 1959
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 236
- NoS ID
- 120748
- Story no
- 3 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: Every country (even every county) has its features of interest - but an island like Man abounds with them: apart from Manx cats and four-horned sheep, there are pixies, fairies, and even a...
Kew Gardens
- Date released
- 16 Jul 1962
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 394
- NoS ID
- 121244
- Story no
- 1 / 2
- Extras
- 1 film clip
NoS Summary - Shows some of the many horticultural attractions of Kew Gardens.
The Changing Face of London
- Date released
- 16 Jul 1962
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 394
- NoS ID
- 121245
- Story no
- 2 / 2
- Extras
- 1 film clip
NoS Summary - Aspects of old and new London, including skyscrapers, the Whitbread shire horses pulling a dray, old houses on a bombsite being demolished, and the shire horses on ‘holiday’ in a meadow.
Pig Swing
- Date released
- 30 Jul 1962
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 396
- NoS ID
- 121249
- Story no
- 1 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: How about the dream of Mr. Green? He’s a farmer who tried out a swinging health-bed - designed to give the body relaxed, unconscious exercise. And while he swung gently to and fro he...
Sun Signs
- Date released
- 30 Jul 1962
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 396
- NoS ID
- 121250
- Story no
- 2 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: How about the girl who dreams of Joe? You don’t know her? You would if you saw her. Her love is emblazoned for all to see. Emblazoned by the sun. For she’s one of the holiday girls who...
Sweepers at Ascot
- Date released
- 30 Jul 1962
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 396
- NoS ID
- 121251
- Story no
- 3 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
Pathe synopsis: How about roadsweepers? Do they dream of a fortune, or fame, or just a day away from kerbsides? Three were given the dream of spending a day at fashionable Ascot. Given it by a man who wanted...
Victorian Fish Bar
- Date released
- 20 Aug 1962
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 399
- NoS ID
- 121256
- Story no
- 1 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
NoS Summary - The Contented Sole fish bar in Kensington has been decorated in Victorian style and features waitresses in costume and music from the 1890s.
False Beards
- Date released
- 20 Aug 1962
- Series name
- Colour Pictorial
- Issue no
- 399
- NoS ID
- 121257
- Story no
- 2 / 3
- Extras
- 1 film clip
NoS Summary - A Marylebone wig-maker, Eric Fordyce, specialises in making false beards; a customer tries one.