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A Royal Occasion: From Victoria to Elizabeth II (2012)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 287 minutes), £19.99

To coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the BFI has put together a collection of films from the the BFI National Archive on a range of royalty-related subjects, beginning as far back as 1896. The...

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Undercurrents 4 (1995 Video)

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 80 min., 1996 sale: £27.95 per issue 1996 subscription: £75.00 (1 year/3 issues)

A quarterly alternative video magazine, published in response to a growing frustration with mainstream television. All the material was shot on domestic camcorders, mostly by activists who are using the...

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Century in Sound, The (2000 Audio)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Compact disc. ? min., 2000 sale: £8.99 (inclusive)

A survey of sound recordings from the British National Sound Archive ranging over the whole of the 20th century, in which all the curatorial sections of the NSA are represented: popular music, classical...

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Here was the News 1960: Part 1 (2009)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £9.50

In 1959, the launch of Anglia Television brought regional news to television sets for the first time. This DVD presents a selection of local news items, from flooding to fashions. The headlines of 1959 and...

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Virgin Queen, The (2005)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 246 minutes), £19.99

A television dramatisation of the long and eventful life of Queen Elizabeth. It explores the full sweep of her life: from her imprisonment as a teenage princess at the hands of her half sister Queen Mary to...

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Honey Pot, The (1967)

Director

Joseph L Mankiewicz

Subject

Drama; English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 126 minutes), £19.99

The Honey Pot is based on ‘Volpone’, the play by Ben Jonson. Rex Harrison stars as international playboy Cecil Fox, who decides to pretend he’s dying in order to find out what his three old flames will...

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Lubitsch in Berlin: Six Films 1918-1921 (1918)

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 439 minutes), £24.99

This set collects six recently restored works from the silent phase of Lubitsch’s career, and casts new light on the director both as a fully-formed comic master, and as a virtuoso of cinematographic...

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Heat and Dust (1983)

aka: Heat & Dust

Director

James Ivory

Subject

History; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 130 minutes), £19.99

A young historical researcher, inherits letters written by her great aunt Olivia and becomes obsessed with their revelations of her past in colonial India. Flitting between the present-day and the 1920s, the...

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Pantomime in Scotland: A Celebration of Scottish Pantomime on Film

Subject

Drama; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 165 minutes), £18.95

Archive silent film from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s with a specially recorded musical soundtrack. Providing a unique insight into a forgotten golden age of pantomime, these films from the collections of the...

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History of Advertising, The - Animation 1930 - 1940 (2005)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 56 minutes), £15.99

A compilation of American animated advertising from the 1930s. This DVD features work from some of the great production houses of the time including Jam Handy, John Sutherland, Fleischer Studios and Walt...

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