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Gimme Shelter (1997 Video)

Producer

John Drury

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Following the government’s tightening of the rules on immigration, the number of people seeking asylum in the UK has dropped significantly. While some believe that the rules do not go far enough, others...

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Bully: I Just Want It to Stop (1997 Video)

Director

Kimberly Littlemore

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores the experience of Carterton Community College in Oxfordshire, which has adopted a controversial new approach to bullying. Called ‘no blame’ it involves no punishment or blame but revolves around...

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Posters from World War One 1914-1918 (1996)

aka: Plakate de Ersten Weltkrieges 1914-1918

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, 1997 sale: ??

A selection of World War 1 posters taken from the collection of Hans Sachs, which he assembled in Germany between 1985 and 1930. The collection is housed in the German History Museum and has been...

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Histoires du Ghetto de Varsovie (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

A history of the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw from 1940 to 1945, concentrating on nine Jews who took part in the doomed revolt against the Nazis in April 1943. Concentrates on at the ghetto’s resistance...

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Dame Henrietta’s Dream (1997 Video)

Subject

Architecture; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Hampstead Garden Suburb in north London was founded in 1907 by Victorian philanthropist Dame Henrietta Bennett, who dreamed of rescuing people from squalid housing in London’s East End and installing them...

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Secret Memories (1997 Video)

Producer

Jonathan Lewis

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

British secret agents who risked their lives for the Allied cause in World War 2, including Oluf Reed-Olsen, Brian Stonehouse and Tony Brooks, speak about their work. Uses personal testimony and archive...

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Nightmare: The Birth of Horror (4 Parts) (1996)

Subject

English language and literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 4 x 50 minutes), £125 each or £250 the series

A BBC series, written and presented by Professor Christopher Frayling, investigating the origins of our popular gothic novels. These best-selling books have thrived in industries such as film,...

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Crater of Death (1997 Video)

Producer

Martin Belderson

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Looks at the evidence discovered in 1979 of an extra-terrestrial impact that obliterated the dinosaurs and much other life. After some 12 years of detective work, scientists have discovered the 200km-wide...

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Election ‘97 (1997 Video)

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min., £12.99 (inclusive) BBC

A compilation the BBC Television coverage of the General Election held on 1 May 1997, including Peter Snow’s swingometer and Jeremy Paxman’s interviews. Shows the cautious reactions to the exit poll;...

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Wombs for Rent (1997 Video)

Producer

John Drury

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Asks whether it is right for childless couples to ‘rent a womb’ and pay for the services of a surrogate mother. Kim Cotton, Britain’s first surrogate mother argues that we should learn from Bill...

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