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Great Expectations (1989) (1999)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 312 minutes), £16.99

A version of Charles Dickens’ novel made for television, adapted by John Goldsmith and starring Anthony Hopkins as Magwitch.

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Russia’s Secret War (1996 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Presents evidence that Stalin was involved in the Korean War and over 70,000 members of the Soviet Union’s armed forces took part.

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Maastricht Made Simple (1993 Video)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Free loan (Relay Europe) Sale (Maastricht Made Simple), Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £6.99 (+£1.25 p&p)

Introduced by the associate editor of ‘The European’, the video identifies the goal of a common-currency single market and chronicles the history of the treaty. It explains both the dislike for the...

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Question Designer for Windows V.3.03 (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Education

Distribution

CD-ROM

A package for designing and producing tests, including aptitude tests, on-screen questionnaires, surveys, computer tutorials and presentations. In three parts: Designer, for creating tests; Presenter for...

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Staff Appraisal: Effective Appraisal in Libraries (1994 Video)

aka: Staff Appraisal in Libraries

Subject

Librarianship

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min., 1995 sale: £49.50 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Illustrates the appraisal process in a library context, explaining the role of appraisal and deomonstrating good practice.

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Cell, The (3 Parts) (2009)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3 x 60 minutes), £365.00

A series of 3 60-minute programmes in which Adam Rutherford journeys through 300 years of history to discover the secrets of the cell - and of life itself. Every living thing is made of cells, microscopic...

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42 Up (2 Parts) (1998 Video)

Director

Michael Apted

Subject

Psychology; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 60, 73 min., 2000 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p) each part

People who were originally interviewed in 1964 as seven-year-olds have been followed up every seven years and are now revisited at the age of 42. In two parts: 1) Features Tony, a taxi driver who had hoped...

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Joy of Sex Education, The (2009)

Director

David Rosler

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £17.75

A collection of British sex education films. From the euphemistic to the explicit, the anthology takes the viewer through 60 years of sex education in Britain from the 1910s to the 1970s. Films included are:...

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Summoned by Bells (1960 Audio)

Producer

Douglas Cleverdon

Subject

Literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 120 min., 2004 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

Sir John Betjeman reads his verse autobiography, describing the pains and pleasures of growing up. Covers his earliest boyhood memories of Highgate and of Archibald, his old stuffed bear, through to his...

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Visions of Africa: Colonial Cinema I. Films from Central Africa, 1940s - 1960s (2012)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 56 minutes), £28.00 (individual rate)

Collection of films mostly made by government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, during the 1940s, 19550s, and 1960s. Contents include the following films: Mary’s Lucky Day (Lux toilet soap commercial); The Box...

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