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  1. Islanders, The (1939 Video)

    Director
    Maurice Harvey; Stewart McAllister
    Producer
    J.B. Holmes
    Subject
    Anthropology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 17 min.

    A documentary showing life on Eriskay, Guernsey and Inner Farne islands linked to Britain by means of the Post Office. Music by Darius Milhaud.

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  2. Dreams That Money Can Buy (1946 Video)

    Director
    Hans Richter
    Subject
    Art; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £19.99

    Painter, film theorist and film-maker Hans Richter, one of the most influential members of the cinematic avant-garde, assembled some of the century’s liveliest artists as co-creators for this film,...

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  3. Drum is Made, A: A Study of Yoruba Drum Carving (1979 Video)

    Producer
    Darius L Thieme; Mary S Thieme
    Subject
    Anthropology; Music
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

    Shows the construction of an iyá‡lu dundun by a Nigerian craftsman from selection of a tree, carving and hollowing of the log to the preparation of goat skins for the drum head. The finished drum is then...

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  4. Painting the World: Neil Macgregor at the National Gallery (199 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 120 min., 1999 sale £15.00 (inclusive)

    Four half-hour programmes in which National Gallery director Neil MacGregor takes a particular painting and through it explores the ideas and beliefs shared by Europeans at the period in which it was made....

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  5. Surrealism and Science: The Weird World of Jean PainlevÉ (1995 Video)

    Director
    Jean Painlevé
    Subject
    Biology; Media studies
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 95 min.

    A compilation of nine short films relating to surrealism and science made by Jean Painlevé between 1926 and 1976. Trained as a biologist, Painlevé made nearly 200 scientific films, but he soon became...

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  6. Ultimate Battles: Alexander the Great, Battle of the Bulge, Waterloo (2007)

    Subject
    History; Military Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

    Shot in High Definition and using cutting-edge computer generated effects, together with stunningly detailed recreations and interviews with noted historians and military experts, the three documentary films...

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  7. World, The: A Television History (Parts 1-13) (1983 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $39.49

    Based on ‘The Times Atlas of World History’, the series of 26 30-minute programmes presents the history of mankind on a global scale. It uses specially designed animated maps, computer-generated graphics...

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