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  1. Classic Affordable and Public Information Films: 1930s-1940s (2008)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 100 minutes), £32.39

    A compilation of films about the housing industry and public housing programmes in the United States. Titles include: BETTER HOUSING (1935) on the New Deal’s National Housing Act, 4 min.; HOUSING IN CHILE:...

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  2. Sex in the 1950s (1947)

    Subject
    Health Education; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 115 minutes), $14.99

    This amazing collection of American sex education films deals with such issues as menstruation (Molly Grows Up), puberty (Physical Aspects of Puberty), acceptable displays of affection (How Much Affection?),...

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  3. From the Sea to the Land Beyond (2013)

    Director
    Penny Woolcock
    Producer
    Mark Atkin
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £19.99

    Using footage taking from four main sources at the British Film Institute - the Mitchell and Kenyon collection; Topical Budget newsreels; public information films from the COI collection and travelogues from...

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  4. Ken Burns’ America

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 600 mins), £39.99

    A collection of seven separate films on aspects of American history made by Ken Burns between 1981 and 1997.

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  5. Our Secret Century (1995 Multimedia)

    Producer
    Rick Prelinger
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    A series of themed CD-ROMs, edited and selected by ‘media archaeologist’ Rick Prelinger, comprising an anthology of films, film segments, text, still images and artifacts depicting trends and...

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  6. Police and the Mentally Ill (2 Vols) (1930)

    Subject
    Mental Health and Counselling; Psychology; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 60, 180 minutes), $14.99 each

    Two collections of short industrial films spanning four decades. Vol 1. POLICE AND THE MENTALLY ILL is an educational film for police officers offering advice if they are confronted by a mentally ill...

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  7. Classic Sex Education Films (2005)

    Subject
    Health Education; Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 108 minutes), $9.99

    A compilation of seven American sex education films made between 1935 and 1973.

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  8. History of Advertising General 1930 - 1950

    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 120 minutes), £19.99

    Looks at the days of advertising before television and the Internet and provides an insight into the marketing strategies implemented from the 1930s to 1950. Back before the days of high technology...

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  9. Frank Capra’s Why we Fight (1942)

    Director
    Frank Capra
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 403 minutes), £24.99

    Forceful propaganda on the aims of democracy contrasted with fascism. Liberties are taken with the material but a good example of the best resources of Hollywood directed towards propaganda and patriotic...

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