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The Resource Housewife, 49, ITV Productions Ltd. ; Granada International Media Limited ; produced by Piers Wenger ; written by Victoria Wood ; directed by Gavin Millar, (DVD)

Housewife, 49, ITV Productions Ltd. ; Granada International Media Limited ; produced by Piers Wenger ; written by Victoria Wood ; directed by Gavin Millar, (DVD)

Summary
Soon after England declared war on Germany in 1939, Lancashire housewife Nella Last began writing a diary as part of a public project. She was 49 and fearful that she wouldn't be able to cope with her son's enlistment and life alone with her domineering husband. Recounts her experience of wartime privations, but also her dawning sense of independence. Amid the hardships of food rations and air raids, Nella's volunteer work for the war effort fills her with an exhilarating sense of purpose
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.)
Note
  • Title from container
  • Inspired by the wartime diary of Nella Last
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2006
  • Special features: Insert with background on the U.K.'s Mass Observation project; text interview with Victoria Wood; cast filmographies
Instance
Label
Housewife, 49
Title
Housewife, 49
Statement of responsibility
ITV Productions Ltd. ; Granada International Media Limited ; produced by Piers Wenger ; written by Victoria Wood ; directed by Gavin Millar
Title variation
Housewife, forty-nine
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Soon after England declared war on Germany in 1939, Lancashire housewife Nella Last began writing a diary as part of a public project. She was 49 and fearful that she wouldn't be able to cope with her son's enlistment and life alone with her domineering husband. Recounts her experience of wartime privations, but also her dawning sense of independence. Amid the hardships of food rations and air raids, Nella's volunteer work for the war effort fills her with an exhilarating sense of purpose
Cataloging source
CANA
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music, John Lunn
Dewey number
791.43/72
LC call number
D743.23
LC item number
.H68749544 2008
PerformerNote
Victoria Wood, David Threlfall, Christopher Harper
Runtime
93
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Last, Nella
  • Last, Nella
  • Mass-Observation (Firm)
  • Mass-Observation
  • English diaries
  • Life skills
  • Married people
  • Volunteers
  • English diaries
  • Life skills
  • Married people
  • Volunteer work
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Housewife, 49, ITV Productions Ltd. ; Granada International Media Limited ; produced by Piers Wenger ; written by Victoria Wood ; directed by Gavin Millar, (DVD)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Inspired by the wartime diary of Nella Last
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2006
  • Special features: Insert with background on the U.K.'s Mass Observation project; text interview with Victoria Wood; cast filmographies
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
054961804191
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
AMP-8041
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • ocn192174791
  • (OCoLC)192174791
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Housewife, 49, ITV Productions Ltd. ; Granada International Media Limited ; produced by Piers Wenger ; written by Victoria Wood ; directed by Gavin Millar, (DVD)
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Inspired by the wartime diary of Nella Last
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2006
  • Special features: Insert with background on the U.K.'s Mass Observation project; text interview with Victoria Wood; cast filmographies
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
054961804191
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
AMP-8041
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • ocn192174791
  • (OCoLC)192174791
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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