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Past at Work, The. Part 4: Spindle and Shuttle (1982 Video)

Producer

Susanna Capon; Suzanne Davies; Michael Garrod

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Uses working museums and surviving buildings to demonstrate the impact on the landscape and the lives of working people, of inventions in the textile industry during the 18th and 19th centuries. Shows the...

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History of the World in a Hundred Objects (2010)

Subject

Art; History

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 1500 minutes), £35.00

Neil MacGregor, British Museum Director tells the story of humanity over two million years through 100 manmade objects, all from the Museum’s collection. In this 20 CD set of the landmark BBC Radio 4...

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Second World War in Colour, The (1999 Video)

Producer

Stewart Binns; Lucy Carter; Alastair Laurence

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

DVD version contains additional footage, 76 accessible chapters, scene access, optional subtitles. Colour footage of World War 2 using previously unseen colour material gathered from public archives,...

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Maria Martin, Or Murder in the Red Barn (1999 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 120 min.

Video recording using a single camera of a performance of ‘Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn’ and Victorian Music Hall, directed by John Caird, recorded at the Britten Theatre in December 1999, and...

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Columns for People (1986 Video)

Producer

Peter Adam

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

Looks at the most infuential buildings and architects of the 1980s, loosely grouped under the new architectural expressions such as ‘post-modern’, ‘high-tech’ and ‘rationalism’. Some of the...

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Theatre and the State, The: Archaeological Reconstruction (1989 Video)

Producer

Tony Coe

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., Sale as part of A209/VC1 only.

Where and how were the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides performed? What did theatre mean to the Greeks? Chris Emlyn-Jones looks at archaeological evidence in Athens, Epidaurus and Thorikos - and...

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MusÉe d’Orsay (1993 Video)

Producer

G D Jayalakshmi

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores the manner in which an old disused railway station, the Gare d’Orsay, was converted into an important, fashionable museum, housing modern art from Daumier and Millet to the Impressionists and...

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Egypt - Romancing the Stone (2005)

Subject

Archaeology

The video examines whether looted historical artefacts should be returned to their country of origin. Egypt is campaigning to get back its plundered antiques, particularly the Rosetta Stone. "The Rosetta...

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Iraq Museum, The: The Loss of a Nation’s Memory (2009)

Subject

Archaeology

In April 2003, American troops entered Baghdad and the fog of war descended over the city. The staff of the National Museum of Iraq, under Director Dr. Donny George, were forced to abandon the Museum...

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Sciences ‡ L’Épreuve, Les (1997 Audio, Video)

aka: Science and Technology in France

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS col. 2 audiocassettes, 2001 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Part of a course consisting of 3 broadcasts and 7 study packs, all relating to different aspects of contemporary France. Each study pack consists of a videocassette, 2 audiocassettes, a transcript booklet, a...

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