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  1. Family Portrait (1951 Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 25 min.

    The last film directed by Humphrey Jennings and made for the Festival of Britain in 1951, the film shows the British in everyday life, in the arts and in the sciences. Surveys the achievements of...

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  2. Tonic to the Nation - From Festival to Coronation (1951 Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings; Richard Massingham
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 68 min., 2001 sale £12.95 (inc VAT +p&p)

    A compilation of four films, three of them commissioned for the Festival of Britain. BRIEF CITY (d. Richard Massingham. COI, b&w, 1951) and LONDON IN FESTIVAL YEAR (COI, col, 1951) cover the capital’s...

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  3. Uncle Vanya (1963) (1963)

    Director
    Stuart Burge
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    Laurence Olivier’s production of Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Originally recorded for television then transferred to 16mm film.

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  4. London in Festival Year 1951

    Subject
    Design; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 66minutes), £19.99

    A collection of films in celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain. Features the last films made by Humphrey Jennings - FAMILY PORTRAIT, and Richard Massingham - BRIEF CITY, written for the Observer by...

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  5. Much Better Start in Life, A (1952 Video)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 64 min., 2004 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

    Seven selected official British government information films showing how Britain was portrayed in the early 1950s: 1) The Wonder Jet (1950, 19 min): In 1926 Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle (who appears in...

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  6. Reel Life: Saturdays in Film and Sound

    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £5.00

    This DVD provides a fascinating glimpse into Saturday afternoons of the last 100 years through examples of films and sound interviews held in public archives. The material is grouped into six themes,...

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  7. Murder in the Cathedral (2015)

    Director
    George Hoellering
    Producer
    George Hoellering
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 114 minutes), £19.99

    T.S. Eliot’s verse drama recounting the complex relationship between twelfth-century British monarch Henry ll and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. Featuring a cast of mainly non-professional...

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  8. Arcadia (2017)

    Director
    Paul Wright
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 78 minutes), £14.99

    Using footage from both national and regional archives, director Paul Wright explores our changing relationship with the land we live in. The film creates a mosaic of contrasting images, sounds and moods,...

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  9. Alan Bush: A Life (1983)

    Director
    Anna Ambrose
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 64 minutes), £50.00

    Film about the life and work of socialist composer Alan Bush, whose career was dedicated to trying to "connect musical activity with real happenings in the world." This aim is exemplified both by the...

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  10. British Public Information Films 2 DVD Set (2007)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0, 180 minutes), $14.99

    A compilation of 22 UK public information films made between 1945 and 1952. Titles are: A Warning to Travellers (Five Pounds in Notes); Berlin Airlift; Brief City; Charley’s March of Time; Charley...

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