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Culloden (1964)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £19.99 (inclusive)

A reconstruction of the Battle of Culloden (1746) using local people as actors. First broadcast by the BBC in 1964. An account of the campaign against the Hanoverian throne and establishment; its gradual...

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Coi Collection: Vol 1 - Police and Thieves (2010)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 296 minutes), £19.99

The first volume in a series of DVD compilations of films made by the Central Office of Information. Established in 1946, the Central Office of Information (COI) was a successor to the wartime Ministry of...

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British Transport Films Collection Vol. 1: On and off the Rails (2005)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 261 minutes), £19.99

The first of five double-disc DVD versions of bfi Video’s VHS series THE BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION. Following the post-war thirst for visual teaching and educational entertainment and the...

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Spare Time (1939 Video)

Director

Humphrey Jennings

Producer

Alberto Cavalcanti

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 14 min.

Showing how workers in three industries (steel, cotton and coal) spend their spare time, this film is famous as the first intimation of Humphrey Jennings’ unique style. Jennings had been involved in mass...

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Future on Rail, A (2014)

Producer

Edgar Anstey

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 747 minutes), £29.99

Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948 the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1 May 1949, and led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey - a founding...

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New Europeans (1999 Video)

aka: Dance of the People

Director

Eglantine Charbonnier; Sara Miranda; Andrew Pallett; Liv Weisberg

Producer

Colin Prescod

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £6.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

An video-based resource pack with four 25-minute films made by young Europeans on the subject of anti-racism and broadcast under the series title LA DANSE DES PEUPLES/DANCE OF THE PEOPLE. The films reflect a...

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Off the Rails (1952)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 105 min), £15.99 inclusive

A compilation of 7 films from the British Transport Films collection. Volume 8 in the series

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Battle for Music (1943)

Director

Donald Taylor; Len Lye; Ralph Keene; Ralph Bond; John Banting; Dylan Thomas; Charles de Latour

Subject

History; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 186 minutes), £14.99

Dramatised documentary about the trials of the London Philharmonic Orchestra during World War II. The year is 1939. Following the liquidation of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the players form a new...

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Britain in the Thirties (1939 Video)

aka: British Avant-Garde: The Thirties

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. silent/sound. 177 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

A compilation of short British avant-garde films from the 1930s - a decade marked by both the birth of British realism, and a surrealist influence from Europe.

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This Sceptred Isle - Scotland (1975 Video)

Director

Ronald Craigen; Kenneth Fairbairn; Edward McConnell; Joe Mendoza; James Ritchie; John Taylor

Producer

Edgar Anstey; Lionel Cole; Stewart McAllister

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 116 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

A British Transport Films video compilation focusing on the highlands, coasts and cities of Scotland. 1 (1965, 17 min, director Edward McConnell, producer Edgar Anstey): Sketches the emotional quality of...

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