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From Modernity to Postmodernity (1999)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 40 minutes), £44.00

Provides an introduction to postmodern theory which has has identified fundamental cultural and social changes that have transformed the nature of contemporary societies and, at the same time, raised...

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The Evolution of a "Show Girl"

Date released

12 Aug 1926

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

271

NoS ID

331480

Story no

5 / 8

NoS Summary - how girls get to be one of "Cochran’s Young Ladies". British Pathe synopsis: "Footlights! Every girl in the world as some time or another has imagined herself looking over them at a...

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Landmarks of Western Art

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (6 x 24 minutes), £25.48 each or £127.57 the set

A survey of the greatest achievements in the history of art from the medieval era to the impressionist world. Features the Virtual Gallery - a computer-generated gallery which houses the greatest...

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Rossellini’s History Films - Renaissance and Enlightenment: Blaise Pascal, The Age of the Medici, Cartesius (2009)

Director

Roberto Rossellini (1906-177)

Subject

French studies; History; Italian studies; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 546 minutes), $59.95

"In 1963, Rossellini announced that he had abandoned cinema and would start working in television. He directed nine telefilms on historical subjects and six short documentaries, claiming TV could be used as...

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IlÉ AiyÉ (The House of Life) (2004)

aka: House of Life, The

Director

David Byrne

Subject

Anthropology; Media studies; Music; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (50 minutes), £17.99

An impressionistic documentary by David Byrne (of Talking Heads) on Candomblé, the Brazilian spirit cult of the Bahia region. This "docu-poem" eschews all traditional documentary techniques and evokes the...

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Story of English, The (1998 Video)

Producer

Pater Dale; Vivian Ducat

1: The diversity of ‘varieties’ of English in use throughout the world including public school/Oxbridge, post-colonial in India and Africa, feminist, high-tech, American, Pacific Basin, gay, academic....

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Topics in Physics and Chemistry (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

Chemistry; Physics

Distribution

CD-ROM

Nine activities designed as science learning resources: 1) Chemical Periodicity: examines what is meant by the concept, using on-screen experiemnts to llustrate how it can be used to predict the properties...

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Blue Planet, The Series (2001)

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 400 minutes), £29.99

A comprehensive study of the natural history of the oceans, revealing life and behaviour that has never before been filmed and in some cases has only recently become known to scientists.

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DÉmocratie, Democracy (26 Parts) (1998 Video)

Director

Robert Darnton; Olivier Duhamel

Producer

Yvon Gérault

Subject

French studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (SECAM only). col. 26 x 26 min., 1999 sale: 90F or 13.72 euros each part

Series exploring aspects of democrary, based on texts by French and American intellectuals.

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Video on Neglect (1993 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 64 min., 1996 sale: £50.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Many patients who suffer stroke have to overcome a variety of behavioural problems which affect the quality of their daily lives. Helping such patients to cope successfully with the effects of their stroke...

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