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Art of Myths, The (Vol 1) (2007)

aka: Arts du Mythe, Les

Director

Philippe Truffault

Subject

Anthropology; Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 234 minutes), £24.99

The stories behind some of the great artworks and artefacts from cultures of the world. Initially derided as curios of ‘primitive’ art, and even though they served as inspirations for some of the great...

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Days of Hope (4 Parts) (1975 Video)

Director

Ken Loach

Producer

Tony Garnett

Subject

Drama; History

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 95, 100, 80, 135 min.

A dramatised documentary series interpreting British labour history from a socialist angle. After depicting the plight of conscientious objectors in the First World War, and a significant sideways glance at...

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What if ....? Exclusion (2004)

Subject

Education; Social welfare

Professor Ted Wragg conducts an imaginary case study with eight expert panellists. They have to decide whether they will exclude a primary pupil who bites; a teenage girl who wilfully ignores the dress code...

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Poetry: Language and History (1986 Video)

Producer

Tony Coe

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tom Paulin shows how and why Seamus Heaney’s ‘Broagh’, a landscape poem, is also a political poem. He also discusses the relative importance of the sounds of a poem with what it’s about and finds...

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Face Values. Part 6: The Common Bond (1978 Film)

Director

David Cordingley

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The series attempts to present social anthropology to a wide audience and aims to show the basic similarities between people of different cultures and to suggest, through the deployment of material from...

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African Eyes on Europe (3 Parts) (1995 Video)

aka: Lettres Africaines (3 Parts)

Director

Jakub Barua; Rosemary Dei-Boateng; Mweze Ngangura

Producer

Parminder Vir

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 25 min., 1996 sale: £95.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Three films each directed by an African film-maker in a country in Europe. Each is a letter to a close friend or relative telling them a personal story about their images and impressions of Europe.

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Russian Front 1941-1945, The (4 Parts) (1997)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale

Tells the story of the war on the Easter Front in World War 2, the outcome of which was crucial in the struggle to defeat Nazi Germany. Includes historical analysis by Professor John Erickson, graphics and...

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Bbs Documentary (2005)

Director

Jason Scott

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 330 minutes), $40.00

A series of 8 short documentaries about the history of Bulletin Board Systems or BBSes, the forerunner of the Internet. It was established by a pioneering band of computer users who set up their home...

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Art History II: A Survey of the Western World (12 Parts) (1989 Video)

Producer

Donna Easter

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 x 15 min., 1995 sale: £29.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Series surveying European and American art from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. Each part concludes with a brief visual quiz.

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