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Stephen Poliakoff Box Set (1999)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £59.99

Contains six dramas written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, shown on the BBC between 1980 and 2005: The Lost Prince, Perfect Strangers, Caught on a Train (dir. Duffell, 1980) Shooting the Past, Friends...

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Library of 20th Century Newsreels, The (1997 Video)

aka: 20th Century Newsreels

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 203 min., 1997 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

Film footage from British Movietone newsreels of events which made history in the 20th century. Covers a large number of stories world-wide, from the Boer War and Queen Victoria’s funeral through the...

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Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) (1950)

Director

Michael Gordon

Producer

Stanley Kramer

Subject

Drama; French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 113 minutes), £3.99

Adaptation of the 19th-century play by Edmond Rostand based on the 17th-century Savinian Cyrano de Bergerac, who suffers when his love for cousin Roxanne remains unrequited. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin.

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Age of Discovery (1418-1560), The (1998 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min., 1999 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Uses animated maps, historic art work and on-location action video to explain 15th-century trade with the Far East and how trade restrictions helped to bring about an age of discovery. Focuses on Prince...

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West Africa: Art and Identities (1999 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the distinctive characteristics of art from countries such as Ghana and Nigeria. Artists including Ato Delaquis, Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Vesta Adu-Gyamfi and Yinka Shonibare discuss their use of...

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Great Age of Exploration (1400-1550), The (1998 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Focuses on the great explorations of the 15th and 16th centuries, using animated maps, artwork and video. Looks at the shift from the medieval era to the Renaissance; the trade in Asian luxury goods; Prince...

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Peter Foggo: Broadgate (1989 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 16 min., 1997 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)

Using slides as illustrations, Peter Foggo talks of the pressures of designing and building the Broadgate complex. Broadgate is the largest and most prestigious office development by one developer in the...

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Masque of Red Death, The (1964)

Director

Roger Corman

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £8.00

While the plague rages throughout Europe, sadistic Italian prince Prospero dallies with devil worship. To entertain his fellow Satanists, Prospero hosts a lavish ball in the confines of his castle, but the...

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Storm over Asia (1928 Video)

aka: Potomok Chingis-Khana

Director

Vsevolod I Pudovkin

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

DVD

Set in Mongolia under the rule of British occupational forces, tells the story of a young trapper who appears to be the long-lost descendant of Genghis Khan. The people plan to set him up as Prince Genghis...

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Adventures of Prince Achmed, The (1926 Video)

Director

Lotte Reiniger

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL), £11.99

Based on tales from ‘The Arabian Nights’ this is one of the first full-length animated films in the history of cinema. It uses silhouette animation, based on the ancient Chinese and Indonesian art of...

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