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Epic of Everest, The (2014)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 88 minutes), £19.99

The 1924 Everest expedition culminated in the deaths of two of the finest climbers of their generation, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, and sparked an ongoing debate over whether or not they did indeed...

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Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (1972)

aka: Gangster Show, The: The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui

Subject

Drama

Distribution

VHS (105 minutes), research viewing only

A 1972 BBC production of the Brecht play in which Arturo Ui (a Hitler look-alike) rises to prominence in mobster-ruled Chicago. Only available for individual or group research viewing on BFI premises

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Open Road, The (2007)

Director

Claude Friese-Greene

Subject

Film studies; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 64 minutes), £11.99

In the summer of 1924 Claude Friese-Greene, a pioneer of colour cinematography, recorded life on the road between Land’s End and John O’Groats. This travelogue was conceived as a series of 26 shorts to...

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Big Melt, The (2014)

Director

Martin Wallace

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £19.99

A special commission as part of the 100 Years of Stainless Steel celebrations, THE BIG MELT is a feature length elegy to the men and women who toiled in Sheffield’s steelworks and a hymn to Britain’s...

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Topical Budget: The Great British News Filmvideo (1992 Video)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 90 min., 1993 sale: £19.91 inc.VAT

A compilation of thirty programmes from ‘Topical Budget’ (1911-1931), one of the major Brigish newsreels of the silent era. It illustrates early newsreel form and gives an entertaining portrait of the...

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Queerama: A Century of Gay Rights and Desires on Film (2018)

Director

Daisy Asquith

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes plus extras), £12.99

QUEERAMA takes the viewer through a century of gay experiences, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets, forbidden encounters, sexual liberation and pride....

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Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon, The

Subject

History; Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 176 minutes), £19.99

Between 1900-1913, filmmakers Mitchell & Kenyon roamed Northern England, Scotland and Ireland filming the everyday lives of people at work and play. For 70 years, 800 rolls of this early nitrate film sat in...

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Delius - Song of Summer (1968 Video)

aka: Song of Summer

Director

Ken Russell

Producer

Ken Russell

Subject

Media studies; Music

Distribution

DVD

Based on Eric Fenby’s memoir ‘Delius as I knew him’, traces the last years of Frederick Delius, and Fenby’s dedication in giving up five years of his life to helping the blind, paralysed composer set...

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Welcome to the Spiv Economy (1986)

Subject

Economics; Film studies; Media studies

Made during the industrial decline and rising unemployment of the 1980s, this documentary is a study of the burgeoning numbers of people in casual and temporary jobs, which indicates that the ‘gig’ or...

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Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front (2016)

Subject

Film studies; History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 151 minutes), £19.99

A selection of public information films, propaganda shorts and adverts from the BFI National Archive. Originally shown in cinemas to British audiences during the Second World War, these films served to boost...

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