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History of Advertising - Automobiles 1940-1950 (2004)

Subject

Business studies; Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 38 minutes), £15.99

A compilation of classic American automobile advertising films and examples of car-centric stories from the 1940s and the early days of television. It includes classic "Capitalistic Realist" dramas showing...

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Second Russian Revolution, The (8 Parts) (1991 Video)

Director

Mark Anderson; David Ash; Oren Jacoby; Angus Macqueen

Producer

Norma Percy

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £320.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Series examining the government of Mikhail Gorbachev. 1 (director David Ash): How Mikhail Gorbachev became president of the Soviet Union. Yuri Andropov, the dying Secretary General, named Gorbachev as his...

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Campanadas a Medianoche (1966 Film)

aka: Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

Director

Orson Welles

Producer

Emiliano Piedra

The story of Falstaff’s friendship with Prince Hal, and his rejection when the Prince becomes King, adapted chiefly from Shakespeare’s Henry IV Parts I and II, but also Richard II, Henry V and The Merry...

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Italy (2000 Video)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

Originally broadcast as 5 separate 20-minute programmes examining Italy’s new geographica trends - globalisation and ide-industrialisation and Italy’s position in the EU. The programmes span the crucial...

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The problem of smoke elimination

Date released

Jan 1948

Series name

Mining Review 1st Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

334736

Story no

1 / 2

NoS Summary - The work of the Fuel Research Station in trying to eliminate smoke from ships’ furnaces is profiled. A machine has been made that can do it. This principle is now being applied on land in...

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Lancashire’s Time for Adventure

Date released

Nov 1948

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

23

NoS ID

347035

Story no

1 / 2

BFI synopsis: A survey of the cotton industry. Opening shots of merchant ships whilst commentary emphasises that to balance the economy more cotton goods must be produced, sold and exported. Diagram shows...

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Documentary Archives of Multicultural America (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

A series of multimedia CD-ROMs on themes in American history. Each disk contains original photographs and documents selected from American libraries, museums and art galleries, an introductory essay, and 25...

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American Journey (10 Parts) (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

A series of multimedia CD-ROMs on themes in American history. Each disk contains original photographs and documents selected from American libraries, museums and art galleries, an introductory essay, and 25...

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Australia’s Water Crisis: Climate Change, Salinisation (2009)

Subject

Agriculture; Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 69 minutes), £97.00

Film 1 THE BIG DRY: Farmers in south-east Australia are suffering their worst drought in living memory. It’s a question of adapt or go under. Film 2 THE SALT PROBLEM: White settlers tried to use water to...

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Britain in the Thirties (1939 Video)

aka: British Avant-Garde: The Thirties

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. silent/sound. 177 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

A compilation of short British avant-garde films from the 1930s - a decade marked by both the birth of British realism, and a surrealist influence from Europe.

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