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Driving Skills: Theory Test and Beyond (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

CD-ROM

An interactive CD-ROM program on the driving test syllabus, including the new driving theory test. Includes animations of various driving situations, text linked to animations and derived from a number of...

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Battles of the Somme and Ancre, The (1916 Video)

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 73, 63 min., 1999 sale: £16.99 (inclusive)

2: Official World War 1 film of the Western Front. Actual shots of men in the trenches, with images of rain and mud predominating. Includes footage of the first-ever use of tanks in battle. Piano...

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Experiment in Towns, An (1958 Video)

aka: British New Towns

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 22 min., 2005 sale: £19.95 (+p&p +VAT)

Records the experiment in town planning in Britain in the 1950s in which 15 completely self-sufficient and scientifically planned new towns were designed to help draw people and industry from the great...

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English Only in America? (1996)

Producer

Anne Diack

Subject

English language and literature; Languages

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Should English be the official language of the USA? More and more Americans think it should be because the increasing number of speakers of Spanish and other languages are seen by some to threaten the...

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Unseen Vietnam War, The (2003)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 156 minutes), £14.99

Much of the footage shot by news cameramen in Vietnam is now very familiar. However, the U.S. Army also had cameramen in the field - often with even better access to events - and much of what they filmed in...

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Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs: Official Exhibition DVD (2007)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 118 minutes), £12.99

The last time Tutankhamun visited the UK was in the 1970s when the British Museum held the ‘Treasures of Tutankhamun’ exhibition, which was visited by 1.7 million people. The exhibition returns to the UK...

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Cinema Komunisto (2010)

Director

Mira Turajilic

Producer

Dragan Pesikan

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £14.99

This documentary traces the history of the Yugoslavian film industry, which under the auspices of the nation’s leader Josep Broz Tito - an avid cinephile - was heavily funded by the state, with the aim of...

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Tunisian Victory (1943 Video)

aka: Why we Fight - Tunisian Victory

Producer

Roy Boulting; Frank Capra; Hugh Stewart

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), £15.99

Official British war film. Covers period from 8th November 1942 to May 1943 - the invasion of North Africa to the fall of Tunis. In 1942 the Allies launched the largest amphibious assault of the war thus far...

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Charles le Brun (1968 Film)

Director

Frédéric Mégret

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Surveys the career of Le Brun, who was Louis XIV’s official artist, and shows the style which he created.

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They Stand Ready (1956 Video)

Director

Frank Bundy

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. b&w. col. 19 min., 1996 sale: £19.95 (+p&p +VAT)

A recruiting film showing national servicemen posted to the Royal Armoured Corps taking part in tank manoeuvres in Germany.

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