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Apartheid (4 Parts) (1986 Video)

Director

John Blake; Allan Segal

Producer

Mark Anderson; John Blake; Norma Percy; Allan Segal

Subject

History

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 55 min.

Documentary recounting the history of apartheid in South Africa.

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Origins of Scientific Cinematography, The (1994)

Director

Hans-Karl Galle; Virgilio Tosi

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £49.99

A DVD of the 3-volume video set produced during 1990-1993 to illustrate the book of the same title by Virgilio Tosi. Part 1: A compilation of documentary film sequences arranged chronologically in six...

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Exceptional Child, An (7 Parts) (1980 Video)

Producer

David Hodgson

Subject

Psychiatry; Social welfare

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 x 26 min.

Portrays seven ‘exceptional’ children and their families. Looks at the help partents can give and the demands this makes on the family unit. Whether the parents of a chess prodigy, or of a mentally...

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Voices of History 1 (2004)

Subject

History; Media studies; Politics & government; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 145 minutes), £16.00

This two-CD set features historic recordings from the Sound Archive of some of the most famous and influential people active from the early days of sound recording to the middle of the 20th century. Forty...

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World According to Google, The & 50 Cent Money Machine (2006)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £34.99

Two programmes on business diversification and marketing, made in a collaboration between the BBC’s MONEY PROGRAMME and the Open University’s Open Business School.

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To Camera (1992 Video)

Director

Vito Acconci; Breda Beban; David Byrne; Peter Campus; Sera Furneaux; Akiko Hada; Mona Hatoum; Nan Hoover; Hrvoje Horvatic; John Maybury; Tony Oursler; Perillo; Ulrike Rosenbach; Sanborn; Mike Stubbs

Subject

Art; Media studies

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 3 x 65 min.

A three-part retrospective charting the diverse links between video, performance and music over more than 20 years. 1: Traces an influential line of fine art/conceptual work. Includes pieces by Nan Hoover,...

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Spring Re-Loaded 3 (8 Parts) (1997)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

out of distribution

Recordings of contemporary dance performances from the 1996 Spring Loaded season held at The Place, London. The two-camera live-mix version does not interpret the work but does capture the spontaneity of...

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Wheels of Fire (10 Parts) (1983 Video)

Director

Julian Stenhouse

Producer

Howard Smith

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 10 x 30 min.

The series examines some of Indias’s more successful development schemes which are transforming the lives of communities throughout the sub-continent. The programmes focus on the individual lives of men,...

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Chinese Schools (2008)

aka: Chinese School

Subject

Education; Geography; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £17.00

Documentary series about the hopes and dreams of a group of children at three schools in the small Chinese town of Xiuning, in rural Anhui. The programmes focus on the lives of a group of families, teachers...

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Graham Greene: The Spoken Word (2007)

Subject

English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 70 minutes), £9.95

As novelist, essayist, critic and playwright, Graham Greene was one of the leading English literary figures of the twentieth century. This CD provides an overview of Greene’s life and achievements in his...

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