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Thomas Paine: The Most Valuable Englishman Ever (1982)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 47 minutes), £12.99

Kenneth Griffith tells the story of Thomas Paine, an 18th century Sussex customs officer who played a central role in both the American and French revolutions. Son of a Norfolk corset maker he wrote the...

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End of St Petersburg, The (1927 Video)

aka: Konyets Sankt Peterburga

Director

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale (video - Tartan), Videocassette. VHS. st. b&w. 68 min., 1997 sale: £15.99 (inclusive) video

A deliberately symbolic propaganda film made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the 1919 Russian revolution. The story tells of a young boy who travels to St Peterburg in search of work against the...

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Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, The (2002 Film)

aka: Padeniye Dinasti Romanovikh

Director

Esther Shub

Subject

FE; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £19.99

This and its companion film THE GREAT WAY are remarkable examples of early historical compilation films. After painstaking research, with Shub examining each frame of available material, they were produced...

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China: Ballet (1980 Video)

Director

Charles Nairn

Producer

Charles Nairn

Subject

Dance; Politics & government

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

The Peking ballet was turned into a ‘model’ company by Chiang Ching during the time of Mao Tse-Tung’s leadership. This film describes what became of the company during that time. It gives a sense of...

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Kino-Pravda No. 22 (1925 Film)

Director

Dziga Vertov

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The first anniversary of Lenin’s death. Workers and peasants eat together and unite; free meals being given out. A delegation of peasants visits Moscow, sees Lenin’s body in the mausoleum, the Tsar’s...

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Revolution in a Rice Bowl

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K is for Karl: Exploitation (2018)

aka: Alienation (Episode 4)

Director

Theopi Skarlatos

Subject

Philosophy

A series of five short films on the ideas of Karl Marx to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth. In the fourth film journalist Paul Mason travels to Manchester, the birthplace of the Industrial...

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Graphene (2 Parts) (2010)

Subject

Chemistry

Two 6-minute films about graphene. 1) GRAPHENE AND THE CARBON REVOLUTION. - Jonathan Hare explains what graphene is and how it fits into the revolution in carbon science. 2) WHAT IS GRAPHENE - How do we...

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Russian Revolution in Colour (2005)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £9.99 (GU); £12.99 m(P)

The Russian Revolution of 1917 changed the world forever. Almost overnight, an entire society was destroyed and replaced with one of the biggest and most radical social experiments ever seen. Within a...

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Kgb - The Early Years (1996 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w./col. 55 min., 2001 sale: £2.99 (inclusive)

The KGB had its beginning at the start of the Bolshevik movement. This video explores the formation of the Cheka - the All Russia Extraordinary Commission for Fighting Counter-Revolution and Sabotage - by...

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