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Wot! No Art (1978)

Director

Christopher Mason

Subject

Architecture; Art; Economics; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £50.00

A film about art and architecture during the post-War Labour administration of 1945-51. It was a time of austerity during which the dreams of a democratic society and promises of universal access to the...

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Marked Tracks (1974 Film)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The archaeologist has not only to uncover the traces of past civilisations and interpret them but he must also secure them and protect them against future decay. In this task, chemistry is one of his most...

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Glasgow by the Way (4 Parts) (1988 Video)

Director

Derek Tammes

Producer

Seona Roberts

Subject

History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 52 min.

Part 1: Shots of present-day Glasgow are intercut with stills and newsreels from the 1930s and 1940s. The first programme in the series deals with the slogan, ‘Glasgow’s Miles Better’, itself, the...

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Rape Culture (1983 Film, Video)

Director

M Lazarus; R Wunderlich

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Explores elements in society which contribute to an ideology that supports rape. Legal definitions of rape are given. Prisoners (including rapists), researchers, counsellors, the public and victims give...

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Martin Luther King Jr (1981 Video)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

Three of Dr King’s closest friends, plus his widow Coretta King, assess his leadership in the civil rights movement. Uses documentary footage and photographs to traces Dr King’s non-violent protest and...

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Race, Gender and the Politics of Containment (1997 Video)

aka: More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same, The: African American Women and the Politics of Containment

Subject

Sociology; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1998 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)

In a public lecture Professor Patricia Hill Collins examines the current position of African-American women in the USA and looks at some of the strategies that have been deployed to confine their personal...

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Hirohito: Behind the Myth (1989 Video)

Producer

Anthony Geffen

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Journalist Edward Behr traces the life of Emperor Hirohito of Japan from a traumatic childhood to remote god-emperor and looks at how a skilled public relations operation turned one of the world’s most...

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Big Picture, The (2008)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 235 minutes), £19.99

The Cold War of the 1950s resulted in many US television programmes produced by government and industry to promote their own interests. The longest running and best received of these was the U.S. Army’s...

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American Political Process, The (1987 Video)

Producer

Hugh Phillips

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1994 sale: £175.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Deals with public policy making in the United States. Focuses on the sale of AWACS, an airborne radar system, to Saudi Arabia in 1981. The issue is an example of the way congressional activism and ethnic...

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Decision to Prosecute, The (1982 Video)

Subject

Law

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 55 min.

A panel of police officers, from constable to chief constable, and others from the judiciary and central and local government, are faced with a series of hypothetical situations closely based on real events....

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