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Trip to the Moon, A (1902)

aka: Voyage Dans la Lune, Le

Director

Georges Méliès; Serge Bromberg; Eric Lange

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £15.99

The 1902 film La VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE [14 minutes] is the most famous of the many fantasy films made by Georges Méliès, using animation and special effects to tell the story of how the members of the...

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History of Science Fiction Movies, A (1996)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £9.99

How the future was viewed in the first half of the twentieth century, using original archive film clips of many classic science fiction movies. Films like THE FIFTH ELEMENT were inspired by the dreams of...

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Playing Safe (1997 Video)

Producer

Patti Langton

Subject

Health & safety

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 or 30 min.

Looks at safe play for children, using Wales as a case study. Starting with a group of Rhondda Valley children on a supervised trip to a rollerblading rink in Barry Island, it explores the dangers of busy...

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What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity? (2008)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Particle physicist Dr. Brian Cox believes that the answer to the meaning of the universe lies in gravity. Both Einstein and Newton believed that gravity was powered by God. On a road trip across the USA,...

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Apollo 11 - A Night to Remember (2009)

Subject

Astronomy; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 133 minutes), £19.99

On July 20 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon. Piloted by veteran astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, Apollo 11 took its place in history, as one...

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Melies the Magician (2004)

aka: Magic of Melies, The

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 185 minutes), £19.99

The DVD contains a 130-minute documentary THE MAGIC OF MELIES by Jacques Meny (1997, 130 min.) and MELIES’ MAGIC SHOW which consists 15 restored films made by Melies between 1898 and 1909. The compilation...

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Space Race Films 1957-1965 (2006)

Subject

History; Media studies; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), $9.99

14 films, including advertisements, newsreels, depicting the struggle between the US and the USSR to achieve supremacy in space

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