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This listing was last updated on 3 January 2008.
| Serial No | Title | Reading Type | Notes | No. of Slides | Slide Maker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91171 | Baalbek and Palmyra: two famous ruined cities | Lecture | 13 sheets A4 | 36 | GWW |
| 92041 | The babes in the basket: or, Daph and her charge | Story | 36 sheets A4 | ? | unknown |
| 91806 | Babes in the wood | Story | 1 sheet A4 | ? | Planck |
| 91633 | The babes in the wood | Story | 3 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 91407 | Babs, the flower seller: a song service of praise | Service of song | 24 sheets A4 | ? | N/A |
| 90230 | The baby elephant and the monkey thieves | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 24 (90225) | 8 | Bamforth |
| 91262 | The baby, the wasp, and the puppies | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From English rhymes for German jokes (91257). Lacks pages for slides 5-12. | 12 | unknown |
| 91576 | The baby, the wasp, and the puppies | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Walter Tyler's readings for lantern slides (91569). | 12 | Tyler |
| 92446 | Babylon | Song (lyrics/music) | 10 sheets A4 Lacks covers. | 12 | unknown |
| 90042 | The baby's sugar bag | Verse | 4 sheets A4 Lacks pages for slides 9-12 | 12 | York |
| 90769 | Bacteria | Lecture | 7 sheets A4 From Bacteria [etc.] (90768) | 24 | York |
| 90768 | Bacteria [and] An hour with the microscope | Collection | 17 sheets A4 | N/A | York |
| 90557 | A bag with holes | Sermon | 4 sheets A4 From Six lantern readings for children (90556) | 18 | Riley |
| 90629 | Bagdad, the Persian Gulf and Bokhara | Lecture | 12 sheets A4 From The marvellous cure [etc.] (90625) | 50 | York |
| 90100 | The bailiff's daughter of Islington | Song (lyrics) | 1 sheet A4 From Short lantern readings 35 (90057). Lyrics only. | 9 | Bamforth |
| 91780 | The baker and the tarred fence | Story | 1 sheet A4 | 12 | Theobald |
| 90144 | The ballad singer | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 4 (90142) | 6 | Bamforth |
| 92525 | The banks of Allan Water | Song (lyrics/music) | 3 sheets A4 | 3/7 | Bamforth |
| 91114 | Baptist progress: since the passing of the Toleration Act | Lecture | 19 sheets A4 | 55 | Riley |
| 91158 | Barbados, Trinidad: and others of the Islands of the Lesser Antilles | Lecture | 21 sheets A4 Lacks covers. Two slide sets presented as one combined reading. | 24+25 | York |
| 90315 | Baron Brag | Verse | 3 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 2 (90305) | 26 | Bamforth |
| 91521 | The barred window | Story | 1 sheet A4 List of slide titles only. From Scott's notes by the way (91495). | 7 | unknown |
| 92102 | Bart's joy | Service of song | 12 sheets A4 | 12 | unknown |
| 91666 | The bashful man | Story | 2 sheets A4 | 7 | unknown |
| 90847 | The bashful man | Story | 3 sheets A4 From A year within the Arctic Circle [etc.] (90845) | 6 | York |
| 90126 | Battle pictures of the South African war | Lecture | 3 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 30 (90125) | 11+ | Bamforth |
| 91935 | Battle scenes and incidents of the war between France and Prussia | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 From Lectures for the magic lantern and pleasant readings for leisure hours. | 18 | unknown |
| 92465 | The Bay of Biscay | Song (lyrics) | 1 sheet A4 Modern typescript copy. | 4 | unknown |
| 92125 | The Bay of Naples | Lecture | 16 sheets A4 | 50 | Maker 'E' |
| 92166 | Be strong! | Lecture | 3 sheets A4 From Lantern addresses for children (92165). | 18 | Riley |
| 91234 | Beauties of the Scotch coast | Lecture | 14 sheets A4 | 50 | Maker 'E' |
| 91091 | Beautiful birds from far-off lands | Lecture | 12 sheets A4 | 18 | unknown |
| 92513 | The beautiful prayer | Song (lyrics/music) | 7 sheets A4 Lacks cover. | 10 | Bamforth |
| 90542 | Beautiful snow: an American poem | Verse | 1 sheet A4 From Miscellaneous tales 1 (90533) | 5 | York |
| 90555 | Beauty and the beast | Story | 3 sheets A4 From Lantern readings for fairy tales (90550) | 8 | Maker 'E' |
| 90504 | Beauty and the beast | Story | 1 sheet A4 From Readings in prose and verse (90035) | 12 | Theobald |
| 91959 | Beauty and the beast, Mother Goose, Jack the giant killer, and Tom Thumb | Story | 2 sheets A4 From Lectures for the magic lantern and pleasant readings for leisure hours. Compilation of four fairy tale sets. | 36 | unknown |
| 91311 | Les bbs | Story | 1 sheet A4 From Les bbs [etc.] (91316). | 4 | Mazo |
| 91316 | Les bbs [and other titles] | Collection | 3 sheets A4 | N/A | Mazo |
| 91213 | Bees and bee-keeping | Lecture | 15 sheets A4 | 30 | York |
| 91083 | Belle Belton and her bicycle adventure | Story | 2 sheets A4 | 12 | Theobald |
| 92471 | Belle Mahone | Song (lyrics) | 1 sheet A4 Modern typescript copy. | 8 | Bamforth |
| 92245 | Bells across the snow | Story | 16 sheets A4 Same text as 90427, with illustrations. Lacks small portions of text throughout. | 36 | Bamforth |
| 90427 | Bells across the snow | Service of song | 25 sheets A4 Same text as 92245. | 36 | Bamforth |
| 90093 | The bells of Christmas Eve | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 35 (90057) | 18 | Bamforth |
| 90589 | The bells of Shandon | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Hop picking [etc.] (90025) | 8 | York |
| 92453 | Ben Bolt: or, don't you remember sweet Alice | Song (lyrics/music) | 7 sheets A4 | 6 | York |
| 90524 | Ben Hur: a tale of the Christ | Story | 22 sheets A4 | 65 | Riley |
| 91182 | Ben Nevis and its observatory | Lecture | 9 sheets A4 | 16 | GWW |
| 91129 | Berlin | Lecture | 12 sheets A4 From Berlin [etc.] (92270). | 46 | York |
| 92270 | Berlin [and] Mr and Mrs Brown's adventure with a mouse | Collection | 17 sheets A4 | N/A | York |
| 91621 | Beschreibung fr die Mrcherbilder | Collection | 6 sheets A4 12 slides of 4 pictures each. See also Nursery tales (91622). | 12/48 | Carette |
| 91945 | The best use of a penny | Verse | 1 sheet A4 From Lectures for the magic lantern and pleasant readings for leisure hours. | 1 | unknown |
| 91653 | Betsy Trollope's jug | Story | 9 sheets A4 | 14 | unknown |
| 92524 | The better land | Song (lyrics/music) | 8 sheets A4 | 7/12 | Bamforth |
| 90282 | The better land | Song (lyrics) | 1 sheet A4 From Short lantern readings 21 (90279). Lyrics only. | 7 | Bamforth |
| 90263 | Betty and the bear | Verse | 1 sheet A4 From Short lantern readings 15 (90258). Same text as 90824. | 8 | Bamforth |
| 90824 | Betty and the bear | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Onward reciter no. 243 (90823). Same text as 90263. | 8 | Bamforth |
| 90532 | Beware of the dog | Sermon | 8 sheets A4 Duplicated typescript | 18 | unknown |
| 90567 | Beware of the trap | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Recitations and Dialogues 33 (90566) | 4 | UKBHU |
| 90124 | Beware!: or, the effects of gambling | Story | 17 sheets A4 | 24 | Bamforth |
| 90088 | Beware!: or, the effects of gambling | Story | 13 sheets A4 | 24 | Bamforth |
| 92614 | Beyond the dawn | Song (lyrics/music) | 7 sheets A4 | 9 | unknown |
| 91871 | Die Bibel in bildern: Altes Testament | Lecture | 1 sheet A4 List of slide titles only. | 24 | unknown |
| 91637 | Bible animals | Lecture | 4 sheets A4 From Lantern readings for the young (91636). | 10 | York |
| 90970 | Bible animals | Lecture | 11 sheets A4 | 46 | York |
| 91082 | Bicycle experiences of Tony Tompkins | Story | 2 sheets A4 | 12 | Theobald |
| 90064 | Biddy: a service of song | Service of song | 19 sheets A4 | 39 | Bamforth |
| 92200 | The big arm-chair | Verse | 5 sheets A4 | 20 | Bamforth |
| 91296 | Bilder fr laterna magica | Miscellaneous | 8 sheets A4 | 12 | Bing |
| 91297 | Bilder fr laterna magica | Collection | 7 sheets A4 | N/A | Bing |
| 91278 | Bill Adams ordered south | Story | 5 sheets A4 | 16 | unknown |
| 90713 | Billy's rose | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From A garland of fair flowers (90677) | 17 | Bamforth |
| 90112 | Billy's rose | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From The Dagonet reciter | 10 | York |
| 90466 | Bingen on the Rhine | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Readings in prose and verse (90035) | 12 | Theobald |
| 91970 | Birds: chapter I | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 91971 | Birds: chapter II | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 91972 | Birds: chapter III | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 91346 | Birds and their nests | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 90352 | The biter bit | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 6 (90339) | 5 | Bamforth |
| 91665 | Black Jack | Verse | 3 sheets A4 | 9 | unknown |
| 90094 | The blind collier's child | Verse | 3 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 35 (90057) | 26 | Bamforth |
| 90396 | The Bloomsbury christening | Story | 4 sheets A4 From Readings From Dickens (90389) | 12 | York |
| 92470 | The blue Alsatian mountains | Song (lyrics) | 1 sheet A4 Modern typescript copy. | 8 | Bamforth |
| 90552 | Blue beard | Story | 3 sheets A4 From Lantern readings for fairy tales (90550) | 12 | Maker 'E' |
| 92401 | The blue lakes of Italy | Lecture | 13 sheets A4 Lacks covers | 50 | Riley |
| 91895 | Bluebeard | Story | 1 sheet A4 From Lectures for the magic lantern and pleasant readings for leisure hours. | 10 | unknown |
| 90435 | Bluebeard | Story | 2 sheets A4 From Readings in prose and verse (90035) | 12 | Theobald |
| 92195 | Bluebell Dingle | Service of song | 21 sheets A4 Lacks part of front cover. | 26 | Bamforth |
| 92033 | Bob | Story | 11 sheets A4 From Strike while the iron's hot [etc.] (92031). | ? | N/A |
| 91313 | Bob et Ned | Story | 2 sheets A4 From Les bbs [etc.] (91316). | 4 | Mazo |
| 90395 | Bob Sawyer's party | Story | 5 sheets A4 From Readings From Dickens (90389) | 8 | York |
| 90453 | Bob the fireman: or, life in the red brigade | Story | 2 sheets A4 From Readings in prose and verse (90035) | 12 | Theobald |
| 91659 | Bob, the shoeblack: or, honesty the best policy | Story | 6 sheets A4 | 24 | unknown |
| 90192 | Bobby's flirtation | Verse | 1 sheet A4 From Short lantern readings 27 (90189) | 7 | Bamforth |
| 92154 | Bobs of Oxford: or, stick to your Sunday-school | Story | 10 sheets A4 | 22 | Church Army |
| 90010 | Boer war of 1900: chapter I the Boer invasion | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 91360 | Boer war of 1900: chapter II the siege of Ladysmith | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 91361 | Boer war of 1900: chapter III the relief of Kimberley | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 91362 | Boer war of 1900: chapter IV Cronje and Bloemfontein | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 91363 | Boer war of 1900: chapter V Mafeking and Pretoria | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 92147 | Boggles | Story | 28 sheets A4 | 36 | Riley |
| 91787 | Bonnie Scotland | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 12 | Theobald |
| 90914 | The book of Martyrs: by John Foxe | Lecture | 7 sheets A4 | 53 | unknown |
| 90366 | The bookworm and the geese | Verse | 1 sheet A4 From Short lantern readings 8 (90364) | 3 | Bamforth |
| 91503 | Boons and blessings | Miscellaneous | 4 sheets A4 From Scott's notes by the way (91495) | 16 | unknown |
| 91559 | Boons and blessings | Lecture | 14 sheets A4 From Boons and blessings [etc.] (91558). | 16 | York |
| 91558 | Boons and blessings [and] The dream of the reveller | Collection | 17 sheets A4 | N/A | York |
| 90777 | Boot manufacture | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 From Manufactures (90772) | 6 | York |
| 90391 | Boots at the Holly-tree Inn | Story | 5 sheets A4 From Readings From Dickens (90389) | 12 | York |
| 90827 | The bothering errand | Verse | 1 sheet A4 From Onward reciter no. 244 (90825) | 8 | Bamforth |
| 90841 | The bottle | Story | 3 sheets A4 From The bottle [etc.] (90840) | 8 | York |
| 90840 | The bottle [and other titles] | Collection | 11 sheets A4 | N/A | York |
| 91912 | The bottle: and The drunkard's children | Story | 2 sheets A4 From Lectures for the magic lantern and pleasant readings for leisure hours. Two series of 8 slides each. | 16 | unknown |
| 92213 | The bottle imp | Story | 7 sheets A4 | 14 | unknown |
| 91312 | Boum et Pif | Story | 1 sheet A4 From Les bbs [etc.] (91316). | 4 | Mazo |
| 91516 | The boy highwayman | Story | 1 sheet A4 List of slide titles only. From Scott's notes by the way (91495). | 12 | unknown |
| 90599 | The boy martyr: or, faithful unto death | Service of song | 19 sheets A4 | 58 | Bamforth |
| 90578 | The Boy Scouts: chapter I in camp with Baden-Powell | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 From Magic lantern readings (90573) | 8 | Primus |
| 91367 | The Boy Scouts: chapter II campaigning | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 From Magic lantern readings (90573) | 8 | Primus |
| 91368 | The Boy Scouts: chapter III Scout law and chivalry | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 From Magic lantern readings (90573) | 8 | Primus |
| 92118 | A boy wanted | Story | 23 sheets A4 | 28 | unknown |
| 90235 | The boys and periwigs | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 18 (90232) | 4 | Bamforth |
| 90669 | The boys and the bobby | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Clarendon lantern readings 2 (90666) | 4 | unknown |
| 90236 | The boys and the flagpole | Verse | 1 sheet A4 From Short lantern readings 18 (90232) | 5 | Bamforth |
| 91797 | The brave coastguardsman | Verse | 3 sheets A4 From Temperance tit-bits (91795). | 6 | UKBHU |
| 91615 | Brave deeds | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 90099 | The brave old oak | Song (lyrics) | 1 sheet A4 From Short lantern readings 35 (90057). Lyrics only. | 9 | Bamforth |
| 92416 | The brave old oak | Song (lyrics/music) | 3 sheets A4 | 10 | Bamforth |
| 92103 | Bravo, Sergeant Campbell! | Story | 13 sheets A4 | 40 | unknown |
| 92570 | Break the news to Mother | Song (lyrics/music) | 5 sheets A4 | 16 | unknown |
| 90588 | The bridge of sighs | Verse | 3 sheets A4 From Hop picking [etc.] (90025) | 4 | York |
| 91955 | The bridge of sighs | Verse | 1 sheet A4 From Lectures for the magic lantern and pleasant readings for leisure hours. | 1 | unknown |
| 90580 | The British Army: chapter I the Army at home | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 From Magic lantern readings (90573) | 8 | Primus |
| 91276 | The British Army: chapter II on active service | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 90574 | British battleships: chapter I the Dreadnoughts | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 From Magic lantern readings (90573) | 8 | Primus |
| 91364 | British battleships: chapter II cruisers life aboard | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 From Magic lantern readings (90573) | 8 | Primus |
| 91365 | British battleships: chapter III destroyers and submarines | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 From Magic lantern readings (90573) | 8 | Primus |
| 92109 | British bravery in Matabeleland: and the last stand of Major Wilson | Lecture | 9 sheets A4 Alternative title The campaign in Matabeleland. | 30 | Green |
| 91107 | The British Empire: the empire on which the sun never sets | Lecture | 17 sheets A4 | 60 | Riley |
| 91149 | The British Empire in the twentieth century | Lecture | 17 sheets A4 Lacks covers. | 50 | York |
| 91341 | British express trains | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 91154 | British Guiana: its missions, industries and resources | Lecture | 22 sheets A4 Lacks covers. | 60 | Riley |
| 92266 | The British Museum | Lecture | 16 sheets A4 | 50 | York |
| 90579 | The British Navy: chapter I ships and guns | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 From Magic lantern readings (90573) | 8 | Primus |
| 91277 | The British Navy: chapter II the handy man | Lecture | 2 sheets A4 | 8 | Primus |
| 92124 | Brittany and Brittany folk | Lecture | 11 sheets A4 | 36 | Valentine |
| 92431 | The broken pitcher | Song (lyrics/music) | 7 sheets A4 Lacks cover. | 9 | unknown |
| 91529 | The broken vase | Story | 16 sheets A4 Typescript copy. | 20 | UCPH, Canada |
| 91984 | The broken vase | Story | 25 sheets A4 | 20 | unknown |
| 90083 | The bronze statue: a ghost story | Verse | 4 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 19 (90078) | 21 | Bamforth |
| 90518 | Brother and sister and the fairy gazelle | Story | 2 sheets A4 From Readings in prose and verse (90035) | 6 | Theobald |
| 91043 | Brown and the bear | Story | 1 sheet A4 | 12 | York |
| 90792 | Brown and the bear | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Curfew must not ring to-night [etc.] (90785) | 12 | York |
| 91856 | Brownie of Battery 6 | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From The captain's well [etc.] (91853). | ? | unknown |
| 91244 | Brussels and Waterloo | Lecture | 19 sheets A4 | 50 | York |
| 92504 | The bugler | Song (lyrics/music) | 12 sheets A4 | 18 | Bamforth |
| 90371 | The bull and the bicycle | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 8 (90364) | 3 | Bamforth |
| 90122 | A bunch of primroses | Verse | 2 sheets A4 From The Dagonet reciter | 9 | Bamforth |
| 90092 | A bunch of snowdrops | Verse | 3 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 35 (90057) | 24 | Bamforth |
| 91922 | Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress | Story | 2 sheets A4 From Lectures for the magic lantern and pleasant readings for leisure hours. | 12 | unknown |
| 90271 | Burdock's goat | Story | 2 sheets A4 From Short lantern readings 14 (90265) | 12 | Bamforth |
| 91094 | The burglars and the lantern | Story | 9 sheets A4 | 12 | unknown |
| 91090 | Burmah expeditionary force: and manners and customs of the Burmese | Lecture | 22 sheets A4 | 100 | unknown |
| 91948 | The burning of the "Birkenhead" | Lecture | 1 sheet A4 From Lectures for the magic lantern and pleasant readings for leisure hours. | 1 | unknown |
| 92196 | Buttercups and daisies: a flower service | Service of song | 21 sheets A4 | 24 | Bamforth |
| 92259 | Buy your own cherries | Service of song | 24 sheets A4 Service of song - different arrangement from 91264. | 56 | Bamforth |
| 92051 | Buy your own cherries | Story | 9 sheets A4 Handwritten copy. | 10 | unknown |
| 90154 | Buy your own cherries | Story | 9 sheets A4 | 36 | unknown |
| 91642 | Buy your own cherries | Story | 24 sheets A4 Illustrated copy including adverts. | 10 | unknown |
| 91940 | Buy your own cherries | Story | 1 sheet A4 From Lectures for the magic lantern and pleasant readings for leisure hours. | 10 | unknown |
| 90572 | Buy your own cherries [and How Rachel Hunter bought her own cherries] | Collection | 18 sheets A4 | 9 | unknown |
| 92052 | Buy your own cherries [and] How Sam Adams's pipe became a pig | Collection | 17 sheets A4 | N/A | N/A |
| 90050 | Buy your own cherries: founded on fact | Story | 8 sheets A4 | N/A | N/A |
| 91264 | Buy your own cherries!: arranged as a temperance story with song | Service of song | 15 sheets A4 Service of song - different arrangement from 92259. | ? | unknown |
| 91567 | Buy your own cherries! | Story | 5 sheets A4 | 10 | York |
| 91565 | Buy your own goose | Story | 10 sheets A4 | 6 | York |
| 92417 | By the fountain | Song (lyrics/music) | 5 sheets A4 Lacks cover. | 10 | Bamforth |
