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Who Needs Eel Pie?

Date released

1967

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

421

NoS ID

350606

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: A documentary about Eel Pie Island, which is a jazz club that meets in a hall attached to a pub. It’s a youth club, too, run by Arthur Chisnall, a sociologist with no formal training, who has...

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Touching (1975)

Subject

Psychology

Sociologist and anthropologist Dr Ashley Montagu discusses the key concepts of his book ‘Touching’, illustrating the importance of early tactile experiences and the use of touching in encounter therapy.

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Chronicle of a Summer (1961 Video)

aka: Chronique d’Un Eté

Director

Jean Rouch

Subject

Film studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

Pioneering cinéma verité documentary consisting of a series of interviews with a variety of real-life individuals in Paris and Saint-Tropez. The result is a film that questions the level of reality and...

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Mental Handicap: A Social View (1982 Audio, Video)

Director

Peter D Birchenall; Frank Connolly

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 2 x 45 in. 2 audiocassettes (soundtracks from videocassettes)

An insight into the problems faced by parents of handicapped children. Highlights key issues are highlighted and constructively criticises current services for mentally handicapped people, with possible...

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Sir Basil Spence

Series name

The Pacemakers

Issue no

8

NoS ID

327144

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Sir Basil Spence is an architect, one of the most eminent in Britain and the world. He sprang into fame when his design won the open competition to rebuild Coventry Cathedral, destroyed by...

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Detroit: Ruin of a City (2005)

Director

Michael Chanan; Ralph Steiner

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 92 minutes), £115.00 [University rate]

Once an industrial powerhouse and the hub of the American automobile industry, Detroit is now in serious decline and one of the poorest, most segregated cities in the USA. With the participation of Detroit...

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