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Space Filling Curves (1973 Film)

Director

William Hansard

Producer

Nelson L Max

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Presents two examples of space filling curves - continuous curves passing through every point in a square. The curves are constructed graphically as limit curves, using a computer animated sequence of...

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Best of British Transport Films, The (1952)

Subject

Film studies; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 379 minutes), £24.99

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the British Transport Films in 2019, the BFI is releasing a 2-disc Blu-ray set that gathers together 21 films representing the cream of the celebrated BTF...

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Great Expectations: A Visual Journey Through the History of Visionary Architecture (2007)

Director

Jesper Wachtmeister

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), £120.00 [University rate]

This film takes the viewer on a journey through innovative, futuristic, utopian and sometimes bizarre architecture projects from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. The film covers the most...

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Party in Power, A (1977 Video)

Director

Roger Graef

Producer

Brian Lapping

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 60 min.

The INSIDE BRITISH POLITICS series of seven programmes was compiled from an archive of material recorded by Granada Television since 1971. The presenter, the late John Mackintosh, was Professor of Politics...

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Spring Re-Loaded 1 (8 Parts) (1994)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

out of distribution

Recordings of contemporary dance performances from the 1994 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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Dinosaur Discoveries (2010)

Subject

Biology

A box set comprising three programmes from National Geographic’s Dinosaur Discoveries series of documentaries, dedicated to investigation into the nature, history and evolution of these extinct...

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Taskafa: Stories of the Street; Estate, A Reverie (2013)

Director

Andrea Luka Zimmerman

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 177 minutes), £12.99

Ta kafa: Stories of the Street (2013) is a film about resistance and co-existence told through the lives of the street dogs of Istanbul featuring text and readings by the late artist, novelist and poet John...

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Battle of the Ancre and Advance of the Tanks, The (1916 Video)

Producer

Geoffrey H Malins

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 67 minutes), £9.99

Official World War 1 film of the Western Front. Actual shots of men in the trenches. No heroics, slow-moving, mundane in style and yet greatly interesting on account of the reality of the situations and the...

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Carnival King of Europe Collection (2017)

aka: Carnival, King of Europe

Director

Michele Trentini; Giovanni Kezich

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 562 minutes), £200.00

Every winter ancient rituals are performed throughout Europe to secure prosperity and good harvests. These rituals are at the heart of what is known today as the Carnival celebrations. Led by anthropologist...

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Vietnam: The 10,000 Day War (Parts 1-13) (1980 Video)

Producer

Ron Kelly; Paul Lang; Ian McLeod; Don North

Subject

History

Distribution

Hire (U-matic - HEFVL) Sale (VHS - retail), Videocassette. U-matic. col. 1 x 60, 12 x 30 min. (HEFVL) Videocassette. VHS. col. 50, 6 x ? min (retail).

Part 1: A preview of the series, noting America’s shifting motivations and priorities during three decades of the Vietnam conflict, involving five US presidencies in what became America’s longest,...

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