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Cyprus In Focus

Date released

1956

Series name

Transatlantic Teleview

Issue no

23

NoS ID

329687

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: A factual report on the historical, political and economic background to problems which have given rise to recent disturbances in Cyprus. In an interview with Ray Fleming, the Right Hon. Alan...

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Margaret Thatcher Interviews 1975-1990 (2011 Audio)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Download, 90 minutes approx.), £9.49

This is a unique window into the past and is a chance for us to hear those who contributed to the richness of our cultural heritage. With access to the entire archive of BBC Radio and television, we can now...

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Last Mitterand, The (2005)

aka: Promeneur du Champs de Mars, Le

Subject

French studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 116 minutes), £19.99

A dramatised film based on the writing of Francois Mitterand’s memoirs, providing a glimpse of his life, times and legacy. The old man is dying from prostate cancer and knows he doesn’t have much time to...

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Why Vote? (1996 Video)

Director

Chris Thomas

Producer

Chris Thomas

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min.

A video-based resource pack intended to encourage students to consider the importance of the right to vote. Three students of varying backgrounds interview four representatives of the major political parties...

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John Bull’s Hearth (1903 Film)

Producer

George Albert Smith

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A propaganda film for tariff reform. John Bull is visited by a Frenchman, a sea captain, a Russian trader and an American. The visitors take all the available chairs and chat amongst themselves leaving John...

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Is It the Dawn?

Date released

11 Jul 1921

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

515-2

NoS ID

128161

Story no

2 / 4

[SUBTITLE]: "Though refusing all interviews De Valera asks ‘Topical’, Exclusively, to issue his peace message to the whole world. THE MESSAGE ‘Ireland is fighting solely for the right to live her own...

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Town in Sicily, A (2015)

Director

Toni de Bromhead

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

DVD (120 minutes), £50.00

Castellammare is a ‘high-density Mafia’ seaside town: its local government is infiltrated, its economy is stagnant and there is no future for its youth. This documentary is the result of a five-month...

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Sturm, Der: Ein Prolog (1993 Video)

Director

Angela Zumpe

Experimental video by Angela Zumpe. ‘On a lonesome island at an indeterminate time, Prospero, the rightful ruler of Milan and master of this island, creates a storm with his magic power that throws the...

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Miners’ Campaign Tapes, The (2009)

Subject

History; Media studies; Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.74

These six short films, released for the first time, are a crucial document of a cataclysmic episode of British history 25 years ago. A testament to solidarity and activism, the Miners’ Campaign Tapes...

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In 1944 Your Health is the First Front

Date released

3 Jan 1944

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/38; Paramount Issue No.: 1340

NoS ID

156686

Story no

3 / 3

Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt at Teheran Conference. But all is undermined if the workers who supply arms fall behind through sickness, absenteeism etc. The film urges workers to safeguard their health by...

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