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The Hostages (Original title)
Date: 1975 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: David Eady

Synopsis: Two escaped convicts break into a remote farm while the owners are shopping, and take the children as hostages, forcing them to provide food and clothing. There follows a series of incidents until the men are re-captured.

Genre:
Children's
Releases
Date: 1975not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 59 mins Length: 5310 Feet

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Digital materials(3)
Description: WAV - DVDSound: SoundDuration: 62.3 minutesNIL - BFI identifier: C-1601447
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: WAV - DVDSound: SoundDuration: 62.3 minutesNIL - BFI identifier: C-1601448
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MOVDuration: 00:56:58 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-3622177
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file



Video materials(1)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatColour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-41172
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape



Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 5332 FeetBFI identifier: C-688634
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 222 FeetBFI identifier: C-688635
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 5332 FeetBFI identifier: C-688636
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1525254
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-1525255
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film