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Multimedia 1900: Experience and Entertainment in Everyday Life (2017)

Subject

Film studies; History

We know a great deal about media gadgetry in retrospect, but much less about how it was perceived and experienced by early users. Historians at the end of the 19th century have traditionally paid little...

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Trials of Alger Hiss, The (1979)

Director

John Lowenthal

Producer

John Lowenthal

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 178 minutes), £80.00

An account of the Cold War espionage and perjury case that catapulted Richard Nixon to national prominence and imprisoned a former State Department officer. Through contemporaneous newsreels and present-day...

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Reith Lectures 2001, The: The End of Age - Tom Kirkwood (5 Lectures) (2005)

Subject

Medical sciences; Social Studies

The Reith lectures 2001 are presented by Tom Kirkwood, Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department of Gerontology at the University of Newcastle. This year’s lectures deal with growing old. Dramatic...

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Digital Economy Act Advice for Universities and Colleges (2010)

Subject

Information technology; Law

The controversial Digital Economy Act 2010 has generated much public debate, and the implications for colleges and universities remain unclear. The Act aims to tackle online copyright infringement by giving...

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Hearing Colours, Eating Sounds (2005)

Subject

Psychology

A two part series in which Georgina Ferry explores the condition of synaesthesia, a condition affecting as many as 1 in 2000 people, in which the five senses intermingle and some people see colours and...

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Hearing Colours, Eating Sounds (2002)

Subject

Arts and Humanities; Psychology

A two part series exploring the condition of synaesthesia and the impact it is having on the way in which scientists understand perception. Recent scientific research shows that the synaesthesia can take a...

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Reith Lectures 2000, The: Respect for the Earth (6 Lectures) (2005)

Subject

Agriculture; Development studies; Politics & government

The series of 5 Millennium Reith Lectures deal with one of the most pressing issues of our time - sustainable development. They are delivered by five different thinkers, each eminent in a different field. At...

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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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