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  1. Purity Myth, The: The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women (2011)

    Director
    Jeremy Earp
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 45 minutes ), $250.00

    Video adaptation of feminist blogger Jessica Valenti’s book in which she argues that the so-called ‘virginity movement’ - an alliance of evangelical Christians, right-wing politicians, and conservative...

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  2. Education Reform Act, The (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Meg Sheffield
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    The 1988 Education Reform Act was the most substantial piece of legislation affecting education in England and Wales since the 1944 Education Act, and seems likely to provide the basis for a whole new era in...

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  3. British Public Information Films 2 DVD Set (2007)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0, 180 minutes), $14.99

    A compilation of 22 UK public information films made between 1945 and 1952. Titles are: A Warning to Travellers (Five Pounds in Notes); Berlin Airlift; Brief City; Charley’s March of Time; Charley...

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  4. Before Hindsight (1977 Film)

    Director
    Elizabeth Taylor Mead
    Producer
    Jonathan Lewis
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An examination of the attitudes expressed by the non-fiction British cinema of the 1930s towards the events that led to World War 2, based on research into all the available material for the years 1931-1939...

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  5. Where on Earth Are we Going? (6 Parts) (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 25 min., 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £210.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Jonathan Porritt, director of Friends of the Earthl looks at green alternatives in agriculture, energy, transport, industry, work and politics. 1: Considers the phasing out of nuclear power by the year 2000...

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  6. How an Aeroplane Flies (4 Parts) (1975)

    Director
    Derek Armstrong
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16, 11, 11, 17 min.

    The four-part series introduces the subject of heavier-than-air, low-speed flight. It is a remake of the six-part 1947 series of the same title. Part 1 explains, by means of a series of demonstrations with a...

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  7. Pygmalion (1938) (1938)

    Director
    Anthony Asquith
    Producer
    Gabriel Pascal
    Subject
    Anthropology; Drama; Education; Languages
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £19.99

    Later adapted as ‘My Fair Lady’, in George Bernard Shaw’s comedy of manners, Pygmalion Snobbish Professor Higgins has a wager with his friend Colonel Pickering that with the right instruction he can...

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  8. Outfoxed (2004)

    aka: Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism

    Director
    Robert Greenwald
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £12.99

    Documentary on the alleged conservative bias of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC), which promotes itself as "fair and balanced". Material includes clips from broadcasts, interviews with former...

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  9. Lessons from Kerala (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Meg Sheffield
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Indian state of Kerala lies at the south-western tip of the Indian sub-continent. Partly because of its history (it has survived many different rulers) and partly because of post-independence left-wing...

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  10. Much Loved Friend?, The: A Portrait of the National Gallery (1991 Video)

    Director
    Nicholas Rossiter
    Producer
    Keith Alexander; Nicholas Rossiter
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 47 min., 1999 sale £13.00 (inclusive)

    A portrait of the National Gallery, London, at the time of the opening of the new wing. Interweaves the comments of curators, conservators, trustees, artists, writers, art critics and the public with...

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