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Date(s)
- January 1990 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 VHS and 1 mp4 (3.4 MB) and part of 1 VHS, 1 DVD and 1 mp4 (248.4 MB)
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Two copies of a colour advert with sound, promoting a piece by Clive James in The Observer Review:
a. The camera passes along a line of annoyed students in a library, until it reached the source of their discontent - a student laughing loudly at his copy of The Observer Review, whiich shows a photograph of Clive James and bears the headline: 'The Aussie at Cambridge'.
Commentary: "In 1964, Clive James went up to Cambridge. This week, he's going back."
The advert starts at 10.15 on the 1985-1995 'historical reel' mp4 file. Duration: 10 seconds.
b. Duplicate of version (a) on a separate VHS and mp4. The advert starts at 0.01 on the mp4 file. Duration: 11 seconds.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993
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Access via GNM Digital Repository.
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Open
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Related units of description
a) Also included on the 'Historical Reel, 1985-1995' VHS and mp4 are Observer adverts; OBS/9/1/1/19, OBS/9/1/1/20c, OBS/9/1/1/21/1a, OBS/9/1/1/21/2a, OBS/9/1/1/23a, OBS/9/1/1/24/1b, OBS/9/1/1/24/2b, OBS/9/1/1/24/3b, OBS/9/1/1/24/3d, OBS/9/1/1/26c, OBS/9/1/1/27j, OBS/9/1/1/28, OBS/9/1/1/30a, OBS/9/1/1/31d, OBS/9/1/1/32a, OBS/9/1/1/33a, OBS/9/1/1/36b, OBS/9/1/1/37/1a, OBS/9/1/1/37/2a, OBS/9/1/1/38/1a, OBS/9/1/1/39, OBS/9/1/1/40a, OBS/9/1/1/41, OBS/9/1/1/42a, OBS/9/1/1/44/1a, OBS/9/1/1/44/2a, OBS/9/1/1/45a, OBS/9/1/1/47-61, OBS/9/1/1/62/1a, OBS/9/1/1/62/2, OBS/9/1/1/64/1a, OBS/9/1/1/64/5, OBS/9/1/1/65a, OBS/9/1/1/66a, OBS/9/1/1/67, OBS/9/1/1/68a, OBS/9/1/1/69a and OBS/9/1/1/70.