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  1. Vie PassionnÉe de Georges Clemenceau, La (196 Film)

    Director
    Gilbert Prouteau
    Subject
    French studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The life of the well-known French politician and the role he played in the political life of France.

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  2. Newton: The Mind That Found the Future (1971 Film)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Discusses the life of Newton and his contribution to modern science based on the notion of Edmund Halley, Newton’s colleague, transported into the 20th century.

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  3. Nancy (198 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col.

    Filmed at Nancy Astor’s house on Plymouth Hoe, and at the Cliveden estate in Berkshire and the House of Commons, the portrait of Lady Astor includes rare film of her campaigning, as well as contemporary...

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  4. Jacques PrÉvert (1976 Film)

    Director
    Jean Desvilles
    Subject
    French studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The life and work of the French poet and writer, told by his friends.

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  5. Victor Hugo (1962 Film)

    Director
    G Gerber; Roger Leenhardt
    Subject
    French studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The life of the writer is retraced with the help of paintings and etchings of the period borrowed from the Musée Victor Hugo and the Cabinet des Estampes.

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  6. Voltaire 1 (196 Film)

    Producer
    Roger Stephane
    Subject
    French studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A general portrait of Voltaire and some features of his work by André Maurois. The emphasis is mainly on his life and social and historical background.

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  7. Gustaf GrÜndgens (1963 Film)

    Director
    Horst Günter Flick
    Subject
    Drama; German studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A film about Gustaf Gründgens (1899-1963), the actor, stage manager and director. Scenes from films and theatre.

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  8. Brendan Behan’s Dublin (1968 Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min.

    Brendan Behan surveys Dublin and Dubliners, shedding light on his own character. Includes comments from his father and mother, his wife and his daughter.

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  9. Life and Times of Andrew Marvell, The (1978 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Bowen
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 52 min.

    An historian’s view by Professor J P Kenyon - a recording of a public lecture on the tercentenary of the poet’s death.

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  10. Charles Urban, Motion Picture Pioneer

    Date
    13 Mar 2013, 09:16
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    Luke McKernan, Film Historian and Curator of Moving Image at the British Library, has relaunched his website devoted to the life and work of Charles Urban (1867-1942), one of the major figures of early...

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