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  1. Your Neighbour’s son: The Making of a Torturer (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 65 min., 1999 sale: £6.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the training of conscripts in KESA, the military training centre at the time of the 1967-74 Greek dictatorship. Draws on the testimony of former conscripts to reconstruct the process which...

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  2. This Yankee Dodge Beats Mesmerism Hollow - The Story of Anaesthetics (1974 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Traces the history of anaesthetics and shows the work of an anaesthetist in London as he cares for a patient during a seven-hour operation in which two heart valves are replaced.

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  3. Masai Women (1975 Film, Video)

    Director
    Chris Curling
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Studies the Masai, herdsmen in the Rift Valley of Kenya, focusing on the role of women in a society in which a very high percentage of marriages are polygamous and only the men are entitled to own the...

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  4. Kung Hunting Equipment (1966 Film)

    Director
    John K Marshall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Construction of a hunting kit from raw materials and preparation of poisonous larvae and plants to coat arrow shafts. Use of equipment during a hunt. Note: The material for the film was shot in the 1950s.

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  5. Sakuddei, The (1974 Film, Video)

    Director
    John Sheppard
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The Sakuddei live on the island of Siberut off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. They are a small community with their own distinctive language and social and religious life. The film draws a moving and...

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  6. Mehinacu, The (1974 Film, Video)

    Director
    Carlos Pasini
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The Mehinacu are one of several Indian groups living near the headwaters of the River Xingu in the Xingu National Park in central Brazil. Relations between the sexes in this society are formalised in an...

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  7. N/Um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !kung Bushmen (1966 Film)

    Director
    John K Marshall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The medicine dance is one activity in !Kung life that draws people together in groups that are not shaped by family, band, or close friendship. The dance is essentially a curing ritual but is not solemn; the...

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  8. Immaterial Bodies: A Cultural Analysis of Early Russian Films (2001)

    Subject
    Media studies; Russian studies
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version, 129 minutes), £27.99

    A CD-ROM exploring Russian cinema before 1919 in the context of life and culture in pre-revolutionary Russia. There are over 100 film clips (55 mins), 74 minutes of analysis and commentary by film scholar...

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  9. Magical Death (1973 Film)

    Director
    Timothy Asch; Napoleon Chagnon
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Focuses on the role of the shaman (Dedeheiw‰ in this case) in curing his Yanomamo co-villagers and sending sickness to enemy villages. The use of hallucinogenic snuff is shown in its daily context....

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  10. Tchaikovsky Complete Symphonies

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 340 minutes), £60.23

    Philippe Jordan ranks among the most established and moust sought-after conductors of his generation. As Music Director of the Paris Opera he performed the complete symphonies of Tchaikovsky in total three...

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