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  1. Bajourou: Music of Mali (1995 Video)

    Director
    Jeremy Marre
    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Geography; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at ‘bajourou’, a musical style unique to Mali, which has the richest and most sophisticated musical heritage in all Africa. It developed out of the musical traditions of the Jalis, the hereditary...

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  2. Our Country and the Dim Little Island (2005)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 55 mintues), £18.99

    Two films reflecting life in Britain in the 1940s.

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  3. When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010)

    Director
    Dirk Simon
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), £19.99

    Dirk Simon’s film about the history of the Tibetan people’s struggle for freedon begins in 1950: the Tibet was incorporated by the People’s Republic of China. In 1959, following the Tibetan Rebellion,...

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  4. Battle for Music (1943)

    Director
    Donald Taylor; Len Lye; Ralph Keene; Ralph Bond; John Banting; Dylan Thomas; Charles de Latour
    Subject
    History; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 186 minutes), £14.99

    Dramatised documentary about the trials of the London Philharmonic Orchestra during World War II. The year is 1939. Following the liquidation of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the players form a new...

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  5. Under the Baobob / Making the ‘Peace Song’ (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Two films from a series exploring ways of resolving conflicts across Africa. 1: For generations the ancient baobab tree stood at the heart of the Makuleke community, bringing shelter, nourishment and a...

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  6. Performing Arts of China, The (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

    Director
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Producer
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 27 min.

    Part 1: Examples of musical instruments being manufactured and played by master musicians and orchestras. Interwoven in the musical sequences are scenic shots of Chinese landscapes. Part 2: Rare scenes of...

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  7. Disappearing of Tuvalu, The: Trouble in Paradise (2006)

    Director
    Christopher Horner
    Subject
    Anthropology; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 75 or 50 minutes), $195.00 (long version) $175.00 (short version)

    A detailed overview of contemporary life in the tiny South Pacific country of Tuvalu, this film documents the earth’s first sovereign nation faced with total destruction due to the effects of global...

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  8. This Sceptred Isle - Scotland (1975 Video)

    Director
    Ronald Craigen; Kenneth Fairbairn; Edward McConnell; Joe Mendoza; James Ritchie; John Taylor
    Producer
    Edgar Anstey; Lionel Cole; Stewart McAllister
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 116 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    A British Transport Films video compilation focusing on the highlands, coasts and cities of Scotland. 1 (1965, 17 min, director Edward McConnell, producer Edgar Anstey): Sketches the emotional quality of...

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  9. Phantom India (7 Parts) (1969 Film)

    Director
    Louis Malle
    Producer
    Elliott Kastner
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Part 1: Briefly opens in Calcutta then goes to the South in search of traditional India, of religious piety, of the agricultural problems showing aspects of the daily lives of fishermen and peasants. Some...

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  10. 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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