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Nazis: A Warning from History, The (1997)

Producer

Laurence Rees

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £19.99

Series exploring how the Nazis came to power, how they ruled, how theey trated their occupied territories and also, how a cultured nation could be responsible for such horrendous acts upon humanity. In six...

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Tough Being Loved by Jerks (2015)

Producer

Daniel Leconte

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 102 mins), $149.00

Documentary. Because he had published the twelve Danish cartoons that had incurred the wrath of Muslims worldwide, Philippe Val, the editor of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical newspaper, was cited to court...

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Silence de la Mer, La (1949)

Director

Jean-Pierre Melville

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 84 minutes), £19.99

The debut film of Jean-Pierre Melville, Le SILENCE DE LA MER is a landmark in French films about World War II, made shortly after Melville himself was demobilised from the Resistance and based on the novella...

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October (1928)

aka: Sergei Eisenstein’s October

Director

Sergei Eisenstein

Subject

History; Russian studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £24.99

Eisenstein’s feature film was reissued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Revolution which it reconstructs. Original negatives from the world’s film archives were collected to present a print which...

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American Business Propaganda Films 1910 - 1960 (1910)

Subject

Business studies; History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 510 minutes), $14.95

This 2-DVD box set contains 39 American business propaganda films made between 1910 and 1960. Titles include: A LOOK AT CAPITALISM (1955) - lecture by Professor Clinton L. Ganus; OFFICE ETIQUETTE (1950);...

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Animal Debate, The (1995 Video)

Director

Chris Thomas

Producer

Chris Thomas

Subject

Philosophy; Sociology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 135 min.

Three student-led debates on foxhunting, intensive farming, and the use of animals in medical research.

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Trouble with Science, The (1989 Video)

Producer

Meg Sheffield

Subject

Education

Distribution

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

Examines why it is that science is an unpopular subject with girls and explores how their behaviour in lessons reinforces sex-role stereotypes. Shows three schools and the University of Cambridge. At...

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Cuba and the Cold War Collection: From Revolution to Missile Crisis (2009)

Subject

History

At the height of the Cold War, on 1 January 1959, a guerrilla army led by Fidel Castro defeated the US-backed Batista government. Attempts by the US government to undermine Castro’s new administration,...

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Power of Community, The: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

Director

Faith Morgan

Subject

Agriculture; Economics; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 53 minutes), $20.00

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half - and food by 80 percent - people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships...

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Cold War: A Challenge of Ideas & Psychological Warfare (2003)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 55 minutes), $9.99

Two pro-American, anti-Communist films produced by branches of the US army during the Cold War.

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