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Troubles in Northern Ireland, The (2012)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 20 minutes), $240.00 (DVD), $216.00 (1 Year Digital Licence)

For thirty years the words ‘Northern Ireland’ were associated with violence, unrest, political instability and death. Why, and how, did this come about? Was it a religious, economic or political...

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Home Front, The: 1939-1945 (1982 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 30 slides. b&w.

A selection of cartoonists’ graphic images designed to closely examine the Home Front during World War 2. Cartoons drawn for the major newspapers and opinion-forming journals are compared and contrasted to...

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Cause of Ireland, The (1983)

Director

Chris Reeves

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

DVD (Region 0 PAL, 104 minutes), £20.00

Relates the history of politics in Northern Ireland from 1969-1983. It dismisses the notion that what is happening is a problem of law and order or a religious war; it sees the issues as unmistakably...

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Miners’ Strike, The: Twenty Years on (2009)

Subject

History; Politics & government

The Miners’ Strike arouses debate like few other contemporary political events. The 25th anniversary re-opened old divisions, with arguments still raging around the miners’ leadership, the motives of the...

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Mandela (1985)

aka: Mandela: The Struggle is My Life

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 42 minutes), £23.00

A political biography of Nelson Mandela and his unique role in the liberation struggle in South Africa, as an individual and as an executive member of the African National Congress. Even in 1985, after 23...

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Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here (2013)

aka: Industrial Revolution, The

Producer

Charles Colville

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Professor Jeremy Black presents this documentary which attempts to explain why the Industrial Revolution happened in Britain, rather than France, Germany or even the United States. Professor Black discusses...

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Wars of the Roses, The (199 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Traces the political and military course of the period in English history known as Wars of the Roses, from its roots in the early 1400s to the final battle on Bosworth field 80 years later. Includes a...

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Parliament and Government (1999 Multimedia)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

CD-ROM

A CD-ROM presentation of UK government, with video footage, two hours of audio, graphics, photographs, searchable databases, links to websites It covers parliament (history, Palace of Westminster,...

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Dissolution of the Monasteries, The 2 (1981 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p)

Professor A G Dickens discusses the religious and political background to the Dissolution and shows how the great wealth of the Church was seen by ThomasCromwell as the answer to the financial needs of the...

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Jerusalem: The East Side Story (2008)

Director

Mohammed Alatar

Subject

Arabic studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 57 minutes), £20.00

This documentary, produced by the Palestine Agricultural Relief Committees, looks at the Israeli government’s policy regarding the city and its inhabitants and includes interviews with Palestinian and...

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