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  1. Secret City (2012)

    Director
    Michael Chanan
    Subject
    Economics

    Secret City investigates the City of London, the Corporation that runs it, and its role in the economic crisis. The history of London since its foundation by the Romans is recounted by Maurice Glasman, with...

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  2. London Perambulator, The (2009)

    Director
    John Rogers (4)
    Subject
    Geography; Social Studies

    John Rogers’ film looks at the city we deny and the future city that awaits us. Leading London writers and cultural commentators Will Self, Iain Sinclair and Russell Brand explore the importance of the...

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  3. New Town (2016)

    Subject
    Architecture; History

    In 1752 Edinburgh launched a competition to design a ‘New Town’ for the Scottish capital. The city desperately needed an upgrade - it was overcrowded, filthy and crumbling. With Scotland a partner in the...

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  4. Can Maths Predict a Riot? (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Social sciences

    This video came about as a result of work done by Dr Hannah Fry at University College, London, looking at the 2011 London riots from a mathematical perspective. While looking into the data behind the events,...

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  5. Building of Bath, The (1995)

    Director
    Keith Jacques; Duncan Marshall
    Producer
    Keith Jacques; Duncan Marshall
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 25 minutes), £65.00

    The development of the city of Bath, famous for its imposing Georgian buildings, was inspired by a desire for architectural elegance but founded on the financial reality of speculative business. The film...

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  6. Cities for People (2011)

    Subject
    Architecture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD, £65.00

    Video of a lecture given in 2011 at the New London galleries in the Building Centre by the Danish architect and city planner Jan Gehl, whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by...

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  7. London Symphony: A Poetic Journey Through the Life of a City (2017)

    Director
    Alex Barrett
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £12.00

    The ‘city symphony’ became a popular type of urban documentary during the last decade of the silent era. LONDON SYMPHONY pays homage to that subgenre. Its director, Alex Barrett, shot the film silent,...

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  8. Gothic London: Recreating the Ancient City on Screen (2018)

    Subject
    Film studies; History

    First in a series of three lectures in which Professor Ian Christie explores key moments in the portrayal of London in cinema over the past century, and what these portrayals may mean locally and...

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  9. Trapped in the City of a Thousand Mountains (2019)

    Director
    David Verbeek
    Subject
    Music; Social Studies

    Short documentary. A new phenomenon has taken the internet by storm: Chinese rap. But behind its skyrocketing popularity, there is a struggle for freedom of speech. Rappers try to figure out what they can...

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  10. Improving the Urban Environment (2013)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    Urban environments are home to millions of people across the UK. They can be vibrant and attractive areas in which to live, work and socialise, but they can also suffer decline and neglect, which makes them...

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