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Natural Disaster Films 1905-1973 (2005)

aka: Natural Disaster Films - Earthquakes, Floods, Tornados & Hurricanes

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 150 minutes), $19.95

A compilation of footage of earthquakes, floods, tornadoes & hurricanes. Includes: 1936 PITTSBURGH FLOOD (PART II - PART I MISSING) (1936, 2:49, Silent); A TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET BEFORE THE FIRE (1906,...

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Frank Capra’s Why we Fight (1942)

Director

Frank Capra

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 403 minutes), £24.99

Forceful propaganda on the aims of democracy contrasted with fascism. Liberties are taken with the material but a good example of the best resources of Hollywood directed towards propaganda and patriotic...

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My Voyage to Italy

Subject

Film & television production; Italian studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 246 minutes), £7.99

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese gained great inspiration from the Italian films he watched in his youth and others that made an impact later on in his life, changing the way he made films. My Voyage To Italy...

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Presidential Campaign TV Ads Volume 1 1952-1964/Volume 2 1964-1976 (2006)

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 60+ menutes each), $9.99 each volume

Two compilation volumes (sold separately) of American presidential campaign television commercials. Vol 1: 22 Commercials Selling Candidates For The Presidency. Contains: 52 Eisenhower - "Ike For President...

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Under African Skies (5 Parts) (1985 Video)

Producer

Mark Kidel; Michael Macintyre; Michael Raeburn; Richard Taylor

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 5 x 60 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £225.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Series looking at the diverse music of Africa: where it comes from, what it means and where it is going. 1 (producer Michael Raeburn): Among all English-speaking African countries, the music of Zimbabwe has...

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World, The: A Television History (Parts 14-26) (1983 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $39.49 (including parts 1-13)

Based on ‘The Times Atlas of World History’, the series of 26 30-minute programmes presents the history of mankind on a global scale. It uses specially designed animated maps, computer-generated graphics...

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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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Free Cinema (DVD) (2006)

Subject

History; Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 314 +161 minutes), £29.99

A compilation, on three discs, of 16 documentary films about British working-class life produced by the ‘Free Cinema’ movement. This highly influential but critically neglected movement in British...

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Aviation History Films (2011)

Subject

Aviation

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 300 minutes), $18.49

A 3-DVD set containing a compilation of 18 films made between 1917 and 1966 illustrating the history of flight. Contents: THE EPIC OF FLIGHT (1966, 48 MIN.) A Wolper production documenting the history of...

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Great War, The, Series (1964 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £ 99

A definitive history of the 1914-1918 war, narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave and employing the voice skills of other leading actors including Sir Ralph Richardson (as Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig) and...

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