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London Symphony: A Poetic Journey Through the Life of a City (2017)

Director

Alex Barrett

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £12.00

The ‘city symphony’ became a popular type of urban documentary during the last decade of the silent era. LONDON SYMPHONY pays homage to that subgenre. Its director, Alex Barrett, shot the film silent,...

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Welcome to the Anthropocene (2012)

Subject

Environmental science

In June 2012, ‘Welcome to the Anthropocene’ opened the UN’s Rio+20 summit on sustainable development. The summit was the largest UN meeting to date. A 3-minute journey through the last 250 years of...

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Amchi (2013)

Director

Eda Elif Tibet

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 65 minutes), £39.00

For centuries the only medical system accessible to people in Ladakh was the Amchi, the traditional doctor following ‘Sowa Rigpa’, Tibetan medicine. 84% of Ladakh’s population lives in villages and...

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Audio Reading from Beowulf- Read by Seamus Heaney (2003)

Subject

English language and literature

A streamed audio recording of Seamus Heaney reading the following extracts from his version of Beowulf: Opening of the Poem - lines 1-52 Sea Journey - lines 194-228 Grendel’s Approach; the Fight with...

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Zoo Quest for a Dragon (6 Parts) (2009)

Subject

Anthropology; Biology; Geography; Media studies

ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON, first broadcast in 1956, was the third in David Attenborough’s groundbreaking ZOO QUEST television natural history series. In these programmes he pioneered techniques in programme...

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Chronicle Collection - Archaeology on Television (2010)

Subject

Archaeology

From 1966 to 1990, the BBC’s landmark archaeology series Chronicle took viewers around the world to explore historical excavations and discover long-gone cultures and civilisations. With a mix of live...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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