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Jonas Mekas (2012)

Director

Jonas Mekas

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

DVD (Region 0 PAL, 896 minutes), 119.40 Euros

This six DVD set collects the major works of filmmaker Jonas Mekas. Born in Lithuania in 1922, and forced to flee west by Soviet and Nazi forces, Mekas and his brother Adolfas spent four years in a German...

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Make More Noise: Suffragettes in Silent Film (2015)

Subject

Film studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 71 minutes), £19.99

This compilation combines documentary footage of the suffragettes’ public activities with comedy films of the period. These gloriously anarchic pre-war comedies are full of bright sparks like the Tilly...

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Lost, Lost, Lost (200)

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL SECAM, 180 minutes), 56 Euros (+p&p)

Diaries, notes and sketches filmed 1949-1963, edited 1976. Poet and hero of the American counter-culture, Jonas Mekas invented the diary form of filmmaking. Born in Lithuania in 1922, and displaced from his...

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Inventors of the World Series (12 Parts) (2003)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 12 x 23 minutes), £29.95 each

Each programme in the series examines the process of invention through some of the monumental accomplishments of one the world’s greatest inventors and their landmark contributions. Explains that no one...

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Retour de Flamme: The Fabulous Days of the Early Cinema (6 Vols) (2006)

Subject

Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150, 125, 135, 165, 150 minutes), £19.99 each

Each volume consists of a compilation of early, short films. Originally shot on inflammable nitrate stock the films have now been restored and made generally available. Vol 1 includes: ‘Leaving The...

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Lost Civilisations (2005)

Subject

Archaeology; Classical studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 600 minutes), £39.99

A series of ten one-hour programmes on ancient civilisations combining location filming, digital effects technology, and dramatisations to recreate rituals and events from the ancient world.

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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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Strangers Abroad (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

aka: Strangers Abroad: Pioneers of Social Anthropology

Director

André Singer

Producer

André Singer

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (6 x 52 minutes), £60.00 each part or £300 the series

Series on the first anthropologists to go out to live among the peoples who interested them. Retraces the steps of these pioneering anthropologists in the countries where they worked and, through their...

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Arrows of Desire (3 Parts) (2002)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 3 x 25 minutes), £19.99 each

Three videos each containing four 25-minute programmes exploring the great diversity of English verse from the age of Chaucer to the present day. Traces the development of English verse through the ages,...

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