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  1. Real West, The (1961 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Alternates between showing scenes of Gary Cooper in the setting of a deserted western town, and still photographs which are used to explore the social and economic developments of the expanding West from...

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  2. Children Must Learn, The (1941 Film)

    Director
    Willard Van Dyke
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Scenes of life and schoolwork in an American country district illustrate the argument that to be of value, education should not be merely academic but should bear a clear relationship to the lives of the...

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  3. America in the Fifties: Let’s Play House (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    This compilation illustrates the gulf between the roles demanded by the idealised and relentlessly promoted American family and the reality of life. Femininst Betty Friedan gives voice to the many who fail...

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  4. Emerging Woman, The (1974 Film)

    Director
    Helena Solberg-Ladd
    Subject
    History; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Uses original photographs, historical film footage and drawings to trace the role of women in American society from 1800 to 1974.

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  5. Prohibition (2011)

    Director
    Ken Burns; Lynn Novick
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 360 minutes), $34.99

    Three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the...

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  6. America in the Fifties: The Beat (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at the beginnings of pop music and pop culture, strongly influenced by Elvis Presley and Beat poet Jack Kerouac. However, the country’s underlying racist disregard for civil rights comes to...

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  7. Big History (2014)

    Subject
    History; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 435 minutes), £24.99

    American documentary series narrated by Bryan Cranston which attempts to show how major events or resources have had an effect on the progress of civilisation.

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  8. America in the Fifties: The Rage Within (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    One of a series documenting American life and culture in the 1950s. The fabled good life delivers peace and plenty to white America, but bypasses black Americans. Depicts the struggle that black Americans...

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  9. Statue of Liberty, The (2001 Video)

    Director
    Ken Burns
    Producer
    Ken Burns; Buddy Squires
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 58 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Traces the history of the construction of the Statue of Liberty and the evolution and meaning of the ideal of liberty which it represents. Follows sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s dream of a...

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  10. Building a Better Vocabulary

    Subject
    Languages
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 1,116 minutes), £54.99

    In these lectures Professor Flanigan teaches the etymology (history) and morphology (structure) of words, and delves into the cognitive science behind committing new words to long-term memory. Includes 36...

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