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Poster ‘Art’ Of the 1920s and 1930s (1991 Multimedia)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, 27 slides., 2005 sale: £35.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

A study of posters produced between the wars for the LMS and LNER railway companies, the Empire Marketing Board, Austin Reed and Shell-Mex. A variety of artists and styles is apparent in this collection, but...

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Poster Design (1991 Multimedia)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, 13 slides., 2005 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Posters taken from a collection owned by Manchester Metropolitan University. The text discusses the way art can be exploited in advertising, taking as examples advertising posters of the inter-war period...

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Interview with Ralph Bond (1988 Video)

Director

Alan G Burton

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 103 min.

An interview with the veteran documentary film-maker Ralph Bond. Ralph Bond was active in the formation of the Workers Film Society and speaks of the distribution of Soviet films in the early 1930s. He was...

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We Live in Two Worlds : Gpo Film Unit Volume 2 (2009)

Director

Len Lye; Harry Watt; Evelyn Spice; William Coldstream; Basil Wright; Stuart Legg; Alberto Cavalcanti; Norman McLaren; Lotte Reiniger; Pat Jackson; Humphrey Jennings; Richard Massingham

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 257 minutes), £24.99

The second of three double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit produced between 1936-1938. The collection is not just important in cinematic terms, but provides a valuable and...

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Britain in the Thirties (1939 Video)

aka: British Avant-Garde: The Thirties

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. silent/sound. 177 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

A compilation of short British avant-garde films from the 1930s - a decade marked by both the birth of British realism, and a surrealist influence from Europe.

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Surely Some Mistake (4 Parts) (1997 Video)

Producer

Nick Mirsky

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 30 min.

Prominent businessmen and businesswomen talk frankly about some of their business and managerial misjudgements. 1: Former Milk Marketing Board chair Sir Stephen Roberts discusses the dairy industry’s...

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Addressing the Nation: Gpo Film Unit Volume 1 (2008)

Director

Alberto Cavalcanti; Len Lye; Humphrey Jennings; Basil Wright

Producer

John Grierson

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £24.99

The first of three deluxe double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit on DVD for the first time. The complete collection includes legendary filmmakers such as John Grierson, Len...

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