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Paris (2007)

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

Parisian historian, Sandrine Viollet reveals the art, literature and music of Paris in this revealing mixture of cultural history, travel guide and insight into contemporary Paris life.

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Tale of Two Capitals, A: Paris and Rome (1996 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

History

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Stantard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Charts the development of the cities of Paris and Rome in the 19th century. By the start of the century, Napoleon had created an empire with Paris as its capital and Rome as its second city. Later, Napoleon...

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Toute la MÉmoire du Monde (1956 Film)

Director

Alain Resnais

Subject

French studies; Librarianship

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A visit to the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris*.

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Universal International Exhibition, Paris 1900, The (1975 Video)

Subject

Architecture; Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 23 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at some of the architecture and interior design of the mammoth turn-of-the-century Universal International Exhibition in Paris, and shows that, far from being dominated by Art Nouveau, the...

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Paris - The Luminous Years: Toward the Making of the Modern (2011)

Director

Perry Miller Adato

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 120 minutes), $24.99

A storm of Modernism swept through the art worlds of the West in the early decades of the twentieth century, uprooting centuries of tradition in the visual arts, music, literature, dance, theatre and beyond....

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Architectures 11 (2017)

aka: Paris, The Invention of the Modern City; Paris Ring

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 108 minutes), £14.99

The 11th volume in a series which looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. This volume features two films: Paris, The Invention of the...

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Paris Couture (2 Parts) (1993 Multimedia)

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, 2 x 24 slides., 2000 sale: £25.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) each 2000 sale: £40.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) both sets

Images taken from the ‘Gazette du Bon Ton’, featuring designs by Worth, Lanvin, Poiret and others.

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Paris in the Nineteenth Century: The Making of a Modern City (1999 Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 57 min., 2001 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Surveys the technological change in Paris under a succession of different regimes. Begins by looking at the dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte and his inspirations for, and achievements in, the French...

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ThÉatre des VariÉtÉs (1980 Multimedia)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, 50 Slides col

Built in 1806 on the Boulevards, the Théatre des Variétés is the oldest theatre in Paris to have survived demolition and fire. The history of the Variétés illustrtes the turbulent situation of theatre...

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Confrontation Paris 1968 (1972 Film)

Producer

Gene McCreary; Drescher Seymour

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A study of the events in Paris in May 1968. The film-makers have used film shot among the students demonstrating, footage from newsreel coverage of the disturbances as well as a few shots taken at a later...

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