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Filming a Dead City

Date released

9 Jan 1922

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

541-2

NoS ID

128361

Story no

2 / 5

Aerial views of the remains of the Roman city of Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber.

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Sagalassos: The Forgotten City (2004)

aka: Sagalossos: La Cite Oubliee

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 52 minutes), 24.20 euros

Traces excavations at Sagalassos in Turkey between 1990 and 2001 by the Belgian archaeologist Marc Waelkens. The 3,000-year-old city, in turn Greek, Roman and Byzantine, was destroyed by an earthquake in the...

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New Met - Countdown to Curtain (1966 Video)

Series

Bell Telephone Hour, The

Director

Franco Zeffirelli; Robert Drew

Producer

Robert Drew

Documentary, hosted by Donald Voorhhes, about the weeks of preparation and rehearsals leading up to the world premiere opening night performance of Samuel Barber’s opera Antony and Cleopatra at the new...

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Roman Temple Gives London Free Show

Date released

27 Sep 1954

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2460

NoS ID

045274

Story no

6 / 8

Thousands pour from City offices to view remains of Temple of Mithras.

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Trotsky on Tour!

Date released

24 Nov 1932

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

182

NoS ID

032361

Story no

2 / 6

Exiled Bolshevist leader, on way to lecture in Denmark, visits famous volcanic ruins of ancient Roman city.

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Imperial Rome and Ostia (1999 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Uses famous sites such as the ancient port of Ostia, the Baths of Caracalla and the Pantheon to examine how Imperial Rome was constructed, what materials were used, how it was defended, how it was supplied...

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Ancient Worlds (2010)

Subject

Anthropology; Archaeology; Classical studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £24.99

A six-part odyssey tracing the development of Western civilisation - from the first cities of Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. Academic and archaeologist Richard Miles travels through the Middle...

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Detection: Metal Locator

Date released

1979

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

248

NoS ID

326010

Story no

1 / 3

COI synopsis: This week’s programme is about the detection of hidden objects. Objects hidden under streets, under mountains, even under the human skin. As a treasure hunter searches for Roman coins in the...

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Vatican Museums, The (2007)

Director

Luca de Mata

Subject

Art; Librarianship; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 420 minutes), £59.99

This 3-volume DVD set on the Vatican museums is the culmination of three years of research and filming, the collaboration of thirty-two scholars and historians from around the world, a crew of forty...

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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza (2005)

Subject

Archaeology; Classical studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £14.99

Author and archaeologist, John Romer, contemplates the mystical aspects of the Seven Wonders, exploring the enduring fascination of the only surviving Wonder, the Pyramids. He then focuses his attention on...

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