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History of Advertising, The - Animation 1940 - 1950 (2005)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 62 minutes), £14.99

While today even cigarette billboards generate controversy, in the 1940s it was common to see ads for tobacco on television and in the movies. This DVD contains some of the best cigarette advertising ever...

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Ken Loach Collection Vol 2 (2007)

Director

Ken Loach

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 691 minutes), £59.99

This collection brings together many of Ken Loach’s most celebrated films, along with some that are ripe for rediscovery. This second collection brings together many of his most celebrated films, along...

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Afterimages 1: Malcolm le Grice (2007)

Director

Malcolm Le Grice

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 60 minutes), £80.00

AFTERIMAGES is a continually-expanding collection of important works by film and video artists, newly remastered and made available on DVD for the first time. The aim is to make important historical works by...

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Much Ado About Nothing (1967 Television)

Director

Alan Cooke

Producer

Cedric Messina; Robert Stephens

Televised adaptation based on a National Theatre stage production by Franco Zeffirelli, starring real-life married couple Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens as Beatrice and Benedick.

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Henry VI. Part I (1983 Television)

aka: The Shakespeare Plays

Series

BBC Television Shakespeare

Director

Jane Howell

Producer

Jonathan Miller

Television production directed by Jane Howell who was responsible for the entire tetralogy (the three parts of Henry VI plus King Richard III), starring Peter Benson (King Henry VI) and Brenda Blethyn (Joan...

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Coast Series 1 (13 Parts) (2005)

Subject

Archaeology; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 686 minutes), £39.99

Geographer Nicholas Crane presents a 13-part journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today. He is joined by a historian, an...

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Space Race Films 1957-1965 (2006)

Subject

History; Media studies; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), $9.99

14 films, including advertisements, newsreels, depicting the struggle between the US and the USSR to achieve supremacy in space

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Richard III (1965 Television)

Series

Wars of the Roses, The

Director

Robin Midgley; Michael Hayes; Peter Hall; John Barton

Producer

Michael Barry

Last of a three-part televised adaptation of Shakespeare’s minor tetralogy (three parts of Henry VI and Richard III). Originally a Royal Shakespeare Company production directed by Peter Hall and John...

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Richard III [2-Dvd Special Edition] (2013 Film)

Series

Criterion Collection

Feature film version of the play. ‘Building on Olivier’s extraordinary stage creation, the film asks less what the cinema can do for the theatre (as with HENRY V and HAMLET) than what the theatre can...

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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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