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West, The (4 Parts) (1996 Video)

Director

Ken Burns; Steve Ives

Producer

Ken Burns; Steve Ives

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 4 videocassettes. VHS. b&w/col. 180, 180, 192, 210 min., 2000 sale: £16.99 (inclusive) each

Eight-part television series using photographs, newsreels, journals, music, diaries and artifacts to relate the history of the American West from 1500 to 1914. On four videocassettes: 1) The People...

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Crusades, The (2018)

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £12.27

The crusades inspired a sense of militant Christian identity in Western Europe and, through centuries of conflict and war, played a role in uniting disparate Muslim states against the invaders. Using new...

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First Eden, The (2007)

Subject

Archaeology; Biology; Environmental science; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 220 minutes), £19.99

David Attenborough’s acclaimed four-part series, made in 1987, looks at the history and natural history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands that surround it. The programmes examine man’s attitude...

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Otto Dix (1989)

aka: Otto Dix: The Eye of the World

Director

Reiner E Moritz

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 59 minutes), £14.95

The psychological realism of the German painter Otto Dix (1891-1969) embodies the traumatised despair and violent decadence of Germany between the wars. As this video shows, Dix’s visionary creation of art...

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World War I (Cd-Rom) (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

An account of World War 1, looking at the events of the war and its shattering effects on people and society, examining politcal and diplomatic developments, state and military figures, political...

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Vanity Fair (2018)

Director

James Strong

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (7 x 60 minutes), £24.99

Thackeray’s literary classic is set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, and follows Becky Sharp as she attempts to claw her way out of poverty and scale the heights of English Society. Her story...

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Weapons in Space (1985 Video)

Producer

Brian Knoll; Jon Lombert

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 43 min.

The US Union of Concerned Scientists organised a conference to discuss President Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ concept. Many of the most distinguished American scientists and also former top military men...

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TV Commercials - The Mego Toy Classics 2 Video Cd Set (2005)

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 109 minutes), $9.99

A collection of 66 commercials from the 1970s for toys made by the Mego company. Products include Action Jackson models, figures of superheroes, and models based on PLANET OF THE APES and STAR WARS. Also...

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Style, Meaning and Function in Photography 1900-1940 (1984 Multimedia)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette.; 20 slides. col.

Examines the development of different styles in the history of 20th-century photography in the USA and Europe. Aspirations towards pictorial photography are surveyed as are the kinds of realistic documentary...

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Snow, Sand and Savages: The Life and Times of Captain Frank Hurley (1973 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min., 2001 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Biography of Australian-born photojournalist Frank Hurley, who filmed and photographed Australian explorer Douglas Mawson’s expedition to Antarctica in 1911, and then Ernest Shackleton’s later...

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