Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJAV/1
Unique identifier
GB 1859 SJCR/SJAV/1
Title
Films
Date(s)
- 1935-2011 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
10 items; digital (on CD)
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes: black and white, silent and colour films depicting College life.
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Notes area
Note
Pilot of a BBC series written by Johnian Ted Walker (1953). This was broadcast in June 1979 but is set in the 1950s. Narrated by Bob Hoskins, the start is filmed at St John’s: grammar school boy leaving St John’s at the end of his three years, walking through College, and selling his gown to the porter, played by Head Porter ‘Big Bob’ (uncredited role): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWKwN-KoFC8
Alternative identifier(s)
Former ref.
VTS1