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Napoleon’s Waterloo (2004)

aka: War Against Napoleon - Napoleon’s Waterloo

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £13.99

A documentary examining not only the bloody conflict between the French and Coalition armies at Waterloo in 1815, but also the intense rivalry between Napoleon and his nemesis, Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of...

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Reef, The (1977 Video)

Director

John Heyer

Producer

John Heyer

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 58 min.

An account of the natural history of the Great Barrier Reef, its discovery by French and British navigators in the 18th century, and the threat posed to the reef’s unique formation and fauna by ocean...

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Oleanna (1994 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. SVHS. col. 114 min.

Video recording using two cameras of a performance of the Royal Court Theatre production of ‘Oleanna’ by David Mamet at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, on 5 January 1994. Directed by Harold Pinter,...

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Broken Glass (1995 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 145 min.

Video recording using a single camera of the Royal National Theatre production of ‘Broken Glass’ by Arthur Miller at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, on 4 May 1995. Directed by David Thacker,...

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Born to Rule (1988 Video)

Director

Johnathan Angel

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Preview, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 234, 67 min.

A group of students investigated what hereditary peers consider their role in British Society to be. Interviews were conducted with Lord Kilmarnock, the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Ponsonby, Lord Treviot, Lord...

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J W von Goethe (Video)

Subject

German studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £13.74

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt on Main, Germany, into a well-to-do family. He made some attempts to become a lawyer but eventually began writing poetry and novels. He was immediately...

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Tempo (2013)

Subject

Arts and Humanities; Drama; Film studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £12.24

ITV’s seminal arts programme, TEMPO ran for eight years through a decade which saw a creative explosion within all aspects of the performing arts. Its fluid style of presentation allowed an almost...

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Sound of Miles Davis (1959 Film, Video)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A recording made for television. Begins with Davis playing ‘So What’ with a sextet - Julian Adderly, alto; John Coltrane, tenor; Wynton Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass and Jimmy Cobb, drums. The...

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Tenants of Montague Street (1992 Video)

Director

Chris Reeves

Subject

History

Distribution

Preview, 3 videocassettes. VHS. col. 460 min.

Stories of people in their 60s and 70s who were bombed out of their London homes during World War 2 and who were placed in property requisitioned from the Duke of Bedford in Montague Street, near the British...

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Henry VIII (2003)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

Two-part television drama depicting the life of King Henry VIII, his tempestuous 38 year reign and his fraught relationships with his many wives. In the first part, Henry is desperate to produce a son and...

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