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Coi Collection: Vol 3 They Stand Ready (2011)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 291 minutes), £19.99

This third compilation of COI films helps paint a positive picture of life in the Services. The films include morale-boosting documentaries, propaganda items and numerous recruitment films, which placed...

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John Pilger: Documentaries That Changed the World (2007)

Director

John Pilger

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 644 minutes), £12.00

DVD set brings together twelve of John Pilger’s most hard-hitting and inspirational films. Drawing extensively on eye-witness testimony, Pilger has been a foreign correspondent and a front-line war...

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Mahomet (2003)

aka: Mohammed

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 290 minutes), £27.00

A documentary series of five 52-minute episodes on the genesis of Islam, the life of the Prophet, the Koran, the Sunna, the Haddith, the emergence of the commentaries and Muslim rights, but also the Arabs,...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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Nation’s Health, The (2005)

Subject

History; Medical sciences; Social Studies

A six part series in which Jonathan Miller examines the development of the nation’s health since the end of the Second World War. Since the war the nation’s health has improved dramatically but the...

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Why Democracy? (Short Films) (2007)

Subject

Development studies; Philosophy; Politics & government

Distribution

Not In Distribution

In October 2007, ten one-hour films focusing on contemporary democracy were broadcast in the world’s largest ever factual media event. Running alongside the 10 documentaries, and integral to the outreach...

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Advertising on TV (Vols 1-26) (2005)

Subject

Business studies; Media studies; Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 55 mins each vol), $20.00 each vol

A 26-part series covering in detail, with many examples, the theory and technology behind the development of television advertising in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s. Many of the films were...

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