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Britain by Jove (2010)

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies; Travel & tourism

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £14.99

A collection of all four episodes of the comedy travelogue produced by British Pathe to promote holidays in 1960s Britain. A series of rousing patriotic speeches and country wide tours presented by...

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This Sceptred Isle: Day Trips in Britain 1940s to 1970s - The Films of Harold Baim (2012)

Director

Harold Baim

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 365 minutes), £15.99

Spanning the 30 years from 1944 to 1974, THIS SCEPTRED ISLE includes over a dozen archive travelogues as filmed by celebrated quota quickie B-movie producer Harold Baim.

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Geoffrey Jones: The Rhythm of Film (2006)

Director

Geoffrey Jones

Subject

Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 86 minutes), £14.99

Since the 1950s, Geoffrey R. Llewellyn Jones has been making short films with an extraordinary marriage of images, music and rhythm that make him one of Britain’s true film artists. This DVD brings a...

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French Way, The (1972)

Director

Michael Croucher

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £14.99

In the early 1970s, Michael Croucher, a documentary filmmaker for the BBC, journeyed through the French countryside, filming the everyday ways of its people and village life in such places as Perigord and...

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Light Years: The Film Diaries of Tim Cawkwell (1968-87/2015-18) (2018)

aka: The Film Diaries of Tim Cawkwell

Director

Tim Cawkwell

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 193 minutes), £20.00

Drawing inspiration from the American Underground films reaching Britain at the time, The Light Years seeks to emulate the qualities of the diary, thus making the personal public. The work brings together a...

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Open Road, The (2007)

Director

Claude Friese-Greene

Subject

Film studies; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 64 minutes), £11.99

In the summer of 1924 Claude Friese-Greene, a pioneer of colour cinematography, recorded life on the road between Land’s End and John O’Groats. This travelogue was conceived as a series of 26 shorts to...

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Every Day Except Christmas (1957 Film)

Director

Lindsay Anderson

Producer

Leon Clore; Karel Reisz

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A personal view of Covent Garden market from midnight to mid-day, Director Lindsay Anderson’s describes the film as ‘a lyrical documentary’ - an attempt to bring poetry and humanity back into...

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Sussex on Film

Subject

Film studies; History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £16.50

The DVD offers a unique insight into the life and work of the people of the South East from late Victorian times to the present day, all through the camera lenses of local film-makers. Their cameras captured...

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Visit Dundee

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 67 minutes), £12.99

A collection archive films about the city of Dundee. Imagine it’s war-time Dundee. You are in the audience in Green’s Playhouse for a film show about the city, beginning with a short film, The Opening of...

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Visit Aberdeen

aka: Aberdeen the Silver City

Director

Alan Harper; Joe Grey; Paul Robello; David Gladwell; Peter Neal

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 73 minutes), £14.99

Four films about Aberdeen. ABERDEEN (1906, b/w) documents the visit of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to the quatercentenary celebrations at Aberdeen University. Includes a commentary by Tom Fleming. In...

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