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My Generation (2017)

Director

David Batty

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 86 minutes), £14.99

In this documentary Michael Caine recounts his personal experiences of the 1960s in London: "For the first time in history the young working class stood up for ourselves and said, we’re here, this is our...

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Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World, The (2013)

aka: Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World

Subject

Chemistry; Physics; Science; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

How did the first woman to win the Nobel prize achieve such great things in a time when a woman’s place was in the home? This BBC documentary tells the story of her lifetime including her status as a...

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Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2014)

Director

Andrew Braunsberg

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £8.16

Film director Roman Polanski discusses his remarkable, often controversial, life and career with his longtime associate Andrew Braunsberg in conversations filmed during a time when Polanski was under house...

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Elstree 1976 (2016)

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £15.99

Documentary written and directed by Jon Spira about the uncredited actors and extras who played minor roles in the first Star Wars film. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and extensive interviews with the...

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One in 1.6 Million (1996 Video)

Director

Gordon K Davison

Producer

Robert Coyle; Gordon K Davison

Subject

Health & safety

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min., 2000 hire: £95.00 for 2 days; £140.00 for 5 days (+VAT inc. p&p) 2000 sale: £295.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Ken Woodward, a worker who was blinded when chemicals he was using for the first time reacted and exploded into his face, talks about his accident, his life as a blind person, and his changed attitude to...

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Victorian Pharmacy (2010)

Producer

David Upshal

Subject

Chemistry; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £6.99

The Victorians brought healthcare within the reach of ordinary people for the very first time, and heralded a consumer revolution that reached far beyond medicine to create the model for the modern high...

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Star Clusters (1973 Film)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Proper motion of the Pleiades and the Hyades is shown, and the convergence of the Hyades cluster is clearly apparent. Open clusters are contrasted in structure and distribution with globular clusters. A...

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Tartan: Cloth of a Nation (2003)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 55 minutes), £12.99

No other country is so readily identified with its national dress as Scotland is with Tartan. Now for the first time on film, its history and industries are placed on record. The connection between the...

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Solids Modeling (1998 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £211.00 (inclusive)

Shows the rapidly developing field of solid modeling, illustrated by a study of Sundberg-Ferar, a small design firm, as it implemented solid modelling for the first time. Also shows how the massive solid...

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Public Information Films of the British Home Front: The First World War (2013)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £16.99

This release brings together a collection of information films during World War I, made in order to promote co-operation and support among civilians. More than 25 official cartoons, trailers and short films...

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