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  1. Children of the Revolution (1995 Video)

    Director
    David Hinton
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. 50 min., 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

    Profiles the Conservatoire Red Guards, a group of classical music students of the Beijing Central Conservatory who grew up during the cultural Revolution, who relate how they survived the hardships of the...

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  2. Woven Lives: Contemporary Textiles from Ancient Oaxacan Traditions (2012)

    aka: Vidas Enretejidas

    Director
    Carolyn Kallenborne
    Subject
    Anthropology; Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 76 minutes), £162.00

    Examines how traditional art and design play an active role in the cultural sustainability of the Zapotec communities in Oaxaca. Traces the development of the weaving process from the first people in the...

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  3. African Americans, The: Many Rivers to Cross (2013)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 360 minutes), $29.99

    This film, presented by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explores the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and...

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  4. Ephemeral Films 1931-1961 (1992 Multimedia)

    Producer
    Rick Prelinger
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    A collection of materials that use the promotional films of the ‘golden age of American industry’ top reveal the cultural values and social mores of this period of American history. Includes...

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  5. Civilization - Is the West History? (2011)

    Subject
    Economics; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 280 minutes), £19.99

    Financial historian and writer Professor Niall Ferguson explores Western civilization’s global dominance. Based on Ferguson’s own book, Civilization: The West and the Rest, the six-part documentary looks...

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  6. Spanish Conquest of Mexico, The (2000 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Story of Hernando Cortes, the 16th-century Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire and won mexico for Spain. Includes location footage from Mexico, period images, the cultural dimension, and...

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  7. Style, Meaning and Function in Photography 1900-1940 (1984 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette.; 20 slides. col.

    Examines the development of different styles in the history of 20th-century photography in the USA and Europe. Aspirations towards pictorial photography are surveyed as are the kinds of realistic documentary...

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  8. Late Show, The (1 December 1993) (1993 Television)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Television broadcast. col. 40 min.

    The third of four programmes for Science Week. The regular review of cultural highlights of the month, with a scientific theme.

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  9. Cricklewood Irish Community (1995 Video)

    Director
    Robert Rae
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Preview, 3 videocassettes. VHS. col. 196, 236, 29 min.

    Looks at Irish community life in Cricklewood, London. Particular focus on the community entertainments - singing, dancing, recitals and the theatre of the Cricklewood Community Play Association. Interviews...

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  10. Visions: The Life and Legacy of John Logie Baird (1999 Multimedia)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    CD-ROM-based resource looking at the life and legacy of John Logie Baird, producer of the world’s first television system. Uses technical drawings, diagrams, audio and video including interviews with Logie...

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