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Warhorse: The Real Story (2012)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

Documentary about the horses requisitioned from British farms and country estates during World War I to serve on the front line. Brough Scott tells the story his grandfather Jack Seely and his horse Warrior,...

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Moon and the Sledgehammer, The (1971)

Director

Philip Trevelyan

Producer

Jimmy Vaughan

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 65 minutes), £16.99

Documentary by Philip Trevelyan about the Page family who live together in a ramshackle house in the Sussex countryside, without gas, electricity or running water. The sons make a living as odd job men and...

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People on Sunday (1929 Video)

aka: Menschen Am Sonntag

Director

Robert Siodmak; Edgar G Ulmer

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. st. with music soundtrack. 73 min., 2001 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

A snapshot of Berlin life, telling a story of five young Berliners - a taxi driver, a travelling wine dealer, a record shop sales girl, a film extra and a model - spending a typical Sunday. A trip to the...

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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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Documents in Stone: Early Christian Crosses from the North West (1995 Video)

Subject

Art; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Explores the significance of early Christian sculpture as an historical source by looking at four Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age crosses in Cumbria and the Solway basin. Looks in detail at the eighth-century...

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Rosie Newman’s Britain at War in Colour (2011)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 121 minutes), £19.99

Filmed and edited by socialite and amateur filmmaker Rosie Newman, this 1946 documentary shows members of the armed forces engaged in training exercises as well as fascinating shots of life on the Home...

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Thirsty Cities (1993 Video)

Producer

Seaton Findlay

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

Latin America is home to some of the world’s largest megacities: in Mexico City (21m), Buenos Aires (12m) and San Paulo (18m) more than 300 immigrants arrive each week from the countryside in search of a...

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Encountering Eloyi (2009)

Director

Richard Werbner

Subject

Anthropology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 56 minutes), £50.00

Of all the faith-healing churches in Botswana, Eloyi is the most controversial. Sensational stories in newspapers and on television have made Eloyi notorious for so-called witch-busting and for exorcising...

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Behind the Moon and the Sledgehammer (2010)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 77 minutes), £16.99

Behind-the-scenes look at Philip Trevelyan’s film about the eccentric Page family who live together in a ramshackle house in the Sussex countryside, without gas, electricity or running water. The director...

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English, Whose English? (1991 Video)

Producer

Tony Coe

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Investigates some of the ways in which images of England were developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as a means of justifying and maintaining imperialism in the face of increasing doubt and...

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