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Oliver Twist (1999) (2001)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 386 minutes), £19.99

This 1999 television adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Victorian classic was originally broadcast in 4 parts. Adapted by Alan Bleasdale, this version of Oliver Twist spends much of the first 90 minutes...

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Yumi Yet (1976 Video)

Director

Dennis O’Rourke

Producer

Dennis O’Rourke

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 54 min., 1999 sale: £150.00 (inclusive)

Documents Papua New Guinea’s Independence Day celebrations in of 16 September 1975, comparing the pageantry of local celebrations with the official ceremony in the capital. Also provides historical...

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Soviet Art (1981 Film, Video)

Director

Binia Tymieniecka

Producer

Binia Tymieniecka

Subject

Art

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses official art in the Soviet Union; its organisation, its role in society and its history since the time of the experimental and subsequently repudiated period of the early 1920s. Dissident movements...

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History Through the Newsreel: The 1930s (4 Parts) (1976 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

1: Introduces the four-part series with a short summary of the social context of the British newsreels, including photographs of contemporary cinemas and figures for cinema attendances, followed by a...

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Wooden Curtains (1988 Video)

Director

Nick Oldham

Producer

Alan Carter; Mick Catmull

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min.

A drama-documentary examining the human consequences of official policy on racial harassment: in March 1986 a Filipino woman moved into a council house in Sunderland with her husband; 11 weeks later they...

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Disgusted Binchester (1973 Video)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 19 min., 1996 sale: £19.95 (+p&p +VAT)

An animated film giving a historical perspective on recent developments in race relations. The story concerns ‘Disgusted’, who writes to a newspaper in protest against moves to outlaw racial...

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Physical Abuse of Children (5 Parts) (1990 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Hire (Graves only) Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24, 25, 28, 31, 30 min., 1997 sale: £44.00 (+VAT +p&p) - parts 1, 2, 4, 5 (Leeds) 1997 sale: £80.00 (+VAT +p&p) slide set with 2 booklets (Leeds) 1997 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) set of 5 videos (Leeds) 1999 sale: £33.00 (+VAT +p&p) video - part 3 (Leeds)

Series examining the physical abuse of children. 1: Defines and describes the incidence of physical abuse, and places it on the spectrum of child abuse, and describes causes and factors. 2: Describes the...

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Finest Hour (1999 Video)

Director

Nick Read

Producer

Phil Craig

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col/b&w. 2 x 100 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

Ordinary British people recall the critical months starting in May 1940 when Britain faced the threat of Nazi Germany. In four parts: 1) up to the Dunkirk evacuation, showing Chruchill at work and Thora Hird...

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Basic Celestial Navigation

aka: Celestial Navigation Using the Air Almanac (H.O. 249)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL NTSC, 120 minutes), $29.95 (+p&p)

Official US Navy film explaining how to navigate day or night using the horizon system, the intercept method and H.O. 249 through observation, computation and plotting. In addition the programme contains the...

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As is Your Due (1999 Video)

Director

Lucy Thane

Subject

Education; History; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 70 min., 2000 sale: £20.00 (inclusive)

Follows the history of degrees for women at the University of Cambridge. Despite the fact that there have been two women’s colleges there since the 1860s, women were not considered to be official members...

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