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Sense and Sensation: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century (2002)

Subject

Arts and Humanities; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £!6.99

An exploration of the arts in eighteenth-century London, written and presented by historian John Brewer. The film considers the world of commerce and celebrity in which Georgian culture was created. A world,...

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Science and the English Enlightenment (1982 Video)

Director

Colin Grimshaw

Producer

Denis Smith

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Given that Newtonian science is usually identified with the culture of the Enlightenment of the 18th century, Dr Simon Schaffer considers the relationship between the way of life of the English élite and...

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Building of Bath, The (1995)

Director

Keith Jacques; Duncan Marshall

Producer

Keith Jacques; Duncan Marshall

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 25 minutes), £65.00

The development of the city of Bath, famous for its imposing Georgian buildings, was inspired by a desire for architectural elegance but founded on the financial reality of speculative business. The film...

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Questions of National Identity (1991 Video)

Producer

Jack Leathem

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

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

Looks at national identity and its importance in giving people a sense of who they are and where they belong. Explores the history of identity and suggests that national identity has a history which might...

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Initial Practice: An Introduction to African and Caribbean Dance and Music

Subject

Dance; Music

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL), £12.00

INITIAL PRACTICE (1995) was commissioned and compiled by Kokuma Dance Theatre and funded by Arts Council of England. It provides an insight into two dance techniques, Gahu from Ghana and Kumina from Jamaica,...

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Art of Physick, The (1981 Video)

Producer

Robert Philip

Subject

History; Medical sciences

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Surveys the state of medical knowledge and treatment in the 17th century.

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Miners’ Hymns, The (2011)

Producer

Bill Morrison

Subject

History; Music; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £16.00

This elegy, in film and music, to the coal mining history of north east England, is the product of a collaboration between filmmaker Bill Morrison and musician and composer Johann Johannson. Collaged from...

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Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh and Paradise with Side Effects (1993)

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 100 minutes), £19.95

ANCIENT FUTURES; EARNING FROM LADKH. Ladakh is a wildly beautiful desert land in the western Himalayas, with few resources and an extreme climate. Yet there is an ancient and thriving culture. Traditions of...

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Story of Wales, The

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £41.99

Six part series presented by BBC News at Ten newsreader Huw Edwards who tells the story of Wales from prehistoric times to the emergence of a modern nation. Beginning with the earliest known human burial in...

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Pioneers in Art and Science: Metzger (2004)

aka: Metzger

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 139 minutes), £14.99

A documentary on the life and work of Gustav Metzger, founder of Auto Destructive Art. This film looks at the Scale of Metzger’s achievements and his contribution to contemporary culture. From Freud to...

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