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Poets and People (3 Parts) (1987 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30, 45, 45 min.

Part 1: Douglas Dunn reads his poems to a mixed-age audience at a community school on a deprived housing estate outside Edinburgh. An account of Dunn’s background is illustrated by stills of places...

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Strange Landscape, A (1995 Video)

Director

Derek Towers

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 250 minutes), £780

Five part series investigating the art and philosophy of the Middle Ages. Part 1. The JEWELLED CITY looks at Gothic cathedral at Chartres, where medieval pilgrims believed they could glimpse paradise. Part 2...

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Benwell Video Documentation Project (1997 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10, 10, 20 min.

An ongoing project giving local people the opportunity to reflect and comment on changes within North Benwell, an area of Newcastle upon Tyne. Residents regularly record material for a series of short videos...

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Management of Security & Safety in Education Services (M.O.S.S.E.s) Video Series (2001)

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 20, 25, 20 minutes), £195 (inclusive) each or £295 the set

'M.O.S.S.E.S’ is a staged strategic programme of activity that is designed to make the school community become fully aware of safety and security issues in an educational setting. Its activity includes...

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Whose Town is It Anyway? (8 Parts) (1984 Video)

Director

Tony Freeth

Producer

Michael Jackson

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 x 30 min.

A series of eight programmes focusing on the economic and political crises facing British towns and cities and looking at how local councils, voluntary groups and the communities most affected struggle to...

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Dylan Thomas: The War Films Anthology (2006)

Subject

Film Studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 106 minutes), £15.99

The world-renowned poet Dylan Thomas made a little-known but valuable contribution to Britain’s war effort scripting powerful propaganda films for the Ministry of Information. This anthology collects...

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Positive Images (3 Parts) (1993 Video)

Subject

Education; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 15 min., 1993 sale £25.00 each; £50.00 set (+VAT)

Aims to show positive role models of successful Bradford Asians from a variety of backgrounds and with a range of educational achievements who have chosen interesting careers. They talk about their career...

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Bridging the Gap (2001)

Subject

Psychology; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale Hire, VHS (PAL, 12 minutes), £10.00 (hire) £40.00 (sale)

A short animated video offers a humorous and thought-provoking guide to the communication difficulties that can arise between parents and their teenage children. Shows people from a wide range of backgrounds...

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Dread, Beat an’ Blood (1980)

aka: Dread, Beat and Blood

Director

Franco Rosso

Producer

Franco Rosso

Subject

Literature; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (45 minutes), £50.00

Profile of Linton Kwesi Johnson whose poetry is rooted very strongly in feelings of marginalisation and alienation found within urban black populations in the UK. Johnson, born in Jamaica in 1952, has...

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Putting Art in Its Place (5 Parts) (1993 Video)

Director

Maggie Ellis

Producer

Trevor Boden

Subject

Art

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. 5 x 25 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) each (VHS)

Series looking at works of art commissioned for public places. 1: The city of Birmingham raised almost £1m to commission new art works for public spaces. Anthony Gormley’s ‘Iron Man’, cast in a local...

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