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  1. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £14.99

    John Romer explores the influence of ancient eastern civilisations. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, in what now is Iraq, were rumoured to be part of the palace of Nebuchadnezzar. Today, scientists believe...

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  2. Hole in Babylon, A (1975)

    Director
    Horace Ové
    Subject
    Television studies

    Television drama originally broadcast in the BBC’s Play for Today slot in 1975. Horace Ové's controversial drama isabout the Spaghetti House siege of 1975, in which a bungled robbery at a Knightsbridge...

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  3. 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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  4. Intolerance (1916 Video)

    Director
    D.W. Griffith
    Producer
    D.W. Griffith
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    DVD

    Four studies of intolerance and injustice from different periods of history (Babylon, Christ’s Judaea, Reformation Europe, and early 20th-century America) intercut to illustrate personal, social and...

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  5. Mirrors of Time, The (1990)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes), £36.00

    How did our calendar come to be? Why do the seasons change? How did the days of the week get their names? And why is the year divided into days, weeks and months? From the Babylon of the moon-gazers to the...

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  6. London: The Modern Babylon (2012)

    Director
    Julien Temple
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £19.99

    Documentarian and music video director Julien Temple explores the changing cultural face of his hometown, London, in this kaleidoscopic film. Using archive footage, from the Sidney Street Siege to the riots...

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  7. Ascent of Money, The (2008)

    Subject
    Economics; Finance & Accounting; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £19.99

    A television series in which historian Niall Ferguson goes on an epic tour of world finance and examines the dynamic role of money and financial institutions in world history. The evolution of credit and...

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  8. Imperial Rome and Ostia (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Uses famous sites such as the ancient port of Ostia, the Baths of Caracalla and the Pantheon to examine how Imperial Rome was constructed, what materials were used, how it was defended, how it was supplied...

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  9. Industrial Babylon: The Victorian and Edwardian Architecture of Manchester and Liverpool (1989 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, 15 slides., 2000 sale: £16.50 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Shows Liverpool and Manchester at their most ambitious and exciting phase of architectural development, during the Victorian and Edwardian periods, with views of buildings from original site photographs....

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  10. Nollywood Babylon (2010)

    Director
    Ben Addelman; Samir Mallal
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 74 minutes), $ Canadian 59.95

    Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood, is the third largest in the world—an unstoppable economic and cultural force that has taken the continent by storm and is now bursting beyond the borders of Africa....

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