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Rms Queen Mary: A Legend of the Atlantic (1994 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. ? min., 1995 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Built on Clydeside and launched in 1934, RMS ‘Queen Mary’ was one of the largest and fastest passenger liners in the world. This video uses archive footage from her maiden voyage, personal film taken by...

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Complete History of Britain by Simon Schama (2000)

aka: Simon Schama - A History of Britain (Vol 1)

Director

Tim Kirby

Producer

Clare Beavan

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 940 minutes), £59.99 (inclusive)

The full 15 parts are available together on DVD with extras including two interviews with Simon Schama plus satellite link with Mark Wilson; three original music pieces from the programme; behind the scenes...

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Virgin Queen, The (2005)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 246 minutes), £19.99

A television dramatisation of the long and eventful life of Queen Elizabeth. It explores the full sweep of her life: from her imprisonment as a teenage princess at the hands of her half sister Queen Mary to...

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Scots Detective, The (2000)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 20 minutes), £19.99

Scotland is laden with myths about its past - these five 20-minute programmes will help students of Scottish history to discover some of the facts. The Scots Detective, played by James MacPherson,...

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A Royal Occasion: From Victoria to Elizabeth II (2012)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 287 minutes), £19.99

To coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the BFI has put together a collection of films from the the BFI National Archive on a range of royalty-related subjects, beginning as far back as 1896. The...

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David Starkey’s Elizabeth (4 Parts) (2003)

aka: Elizabeth

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 197 minutes), £19.99

Professor David Starkey chronicles the story of Queen Elizabeth I, first broadcast in 4-parts on Channel 4. The series uses a combination of tableaux, testimony from descendants, contemporary documents,...

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Small Question of Religion, The: Faith and Rights in the Workplace (2010)

Subject

Law

Civil liberties campaigner and lawyer, Shami Chakrabarti speaks about whether people have the legal right to wear religious symbols and dress in the workplace. [43 minutes]

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Nonlinear Dynamics in Non-Equilibrium Economics / Chaos and Cosmology (1996 Video)

Subject

Astronomy; Economics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL, SECAM, NTSC). col. 90 min., 1996 sale: 40 Ecu (inclusive)

1 (30 min): Professor W Brian Arthur, Stanford University, examines the four basic assumptions of neoclassical economics and examines the implications of reversing them. 2 (60 min): Dr Peter Coles, Queen...

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Antimatter (2003)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Free streamed access on Vega website Online, 35 min.

The panel, chaired by Colin Blakemore and consisting of Dr Fay Dowker and Professor Graham Thompson (Queen Mary, University of London), and Professor Sir Martin Rees (Cambridge) discuss the nature of...

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Elizabeth (2011)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £17.99

The only child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was born on September 7 1533 in Greenwich Palace. From her accession in 1558 to her death in 1603, she was a great, beloved, feared, complex,...

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