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Eighty Days, The (1944 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A picture of the intensive V-1 attack on Southern England in June 1944, of the destruction of the flying bombs by the combined efforts of the Anti-Aircraft, Balloon and Fighter Commands, and of the damage done.

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Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547 (2003)

aka: Glory of Gothic, The

Subject

Architecture; Art; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

An introduction to the art of late medieval England and the early years of the Renaissance. This is the age of the Hundred Years’ War, the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudors. Under kings from Henry IV...

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Laxton: England’s Last Open Field System (1987 Video)

Producer

J V Beckett

Subject

Agriculture; Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min.

Describes how the open field system works in modern Laxton and how it has changed since the 17th century.

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Renaissance Court Architecture in England and Scotland (2 Parts) (2001)

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes total), £85.00

The two sections look at the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey and Renaissance architecture in the Scottish court.

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Beautiful Game, The: Non-Fiction, Language & Media Units on Football

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.95

DVD resource including clips of writers and others talking about football. Also includes: * An extract from ‘The Fast Show’ television comedy sketch show. * Extracts from and England v Chile World Cup...

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History of the English Language (1943)

Director

Mary Field

Subject

English language and literature; Linguistics

History of the English Language acts as an excellent layman’s introduction to the origins of one of the most common languages on the planet, demonstrating how dialect changes over time, and presenting...

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David Starkey - Monarchy Series 1 (2007)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 219 minutes), £19.99

The first series of Dr David Starkey’s programmes examining the British monarchy and its relationship with its subjects over the centuries. He begins in the Dark Ages with Alfred the Great and goes up to...

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Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands, The (1927)

Director

Walter Summers

Producer

H. Bruce Woolfe

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 102 minutes), £19.99

Originally released in 1927 to great acclaim and popularity, The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands is a recreation of two key battles faced by the Royal Navy in the early days of World War One. The...

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This Working Life: Tales from the Shipyard (2011)

Subject

Engineering; Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 314 minutes), £24.99

This 2-disc box set, the second release in the BFI’s This Working Life series, features 23 films made between 1898 and 1974. The collection contains over five hours of material that portrays our...

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History of Football, The: The Beautiful Game (6 Parts) (2002)

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 min each first 5 parts; 156 min part 6), £19.99 each part

A series with two titles per cassette, except Volume 3 which has 3 parts. Focuses on every aspect of the game from its humble beginnings to the multi-million pound industry it is today. Investigates the...

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