Record

StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelSeries
Reference Number ORWELL/R
TitleOrwell Papers: audio-visual material
Date1983-[1997]
DescriptionOne box of VHS tapes (listed separately as ORWELL/R/1-11); also:

1x 3" reel-to-reel tape, contents unknown;

DVD box set of "1984" directed by Michael Radford and French translation of the novel, published by Folio. [still sealed in original wrapping];

4x audio cassette tapes of "George Orwell - A Radio Biography". NB this is supposed to be a 5-tape set, lacks part 4. [Presumed to be Stephen Wadhams' CBC Radio Documentary, aired 1 Jan 1984]

Vinyl LP record, "Floreat Greyfriars! Personal Reminiscences of Frank Richards" (1965 original, not the 1976 centenary special edition);

2x Vinyl LP records from the BBC Recorded Programmes Library, "George Orwell: A portrait drawn from the reminiscences of some of those who knew him" (4 sides). Original recording 20/08/1960;

1x vinyl LP record from the BBC Recorded Programmes Library, "Memories of George Orwell: Robert Edwards - Spanish Civil War; David Astor - The Observer; Frederic Warburg - Animal Farm." All recorded 1960. Also on this LP are recordings of "Countess Mountbatten: Opening of 'War on Want' Exhibition" (Jan 1960), and "South Africa - Race Relations" (vaious correspondents, recorded April 1960).
Extent1 box containing video cassettes, plus other material
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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