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Glory of the Bolshoi (2001 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

DVD

A compilation of archive film footage featuring the Bolshoi Ballet on tour in the mid-20th century. Sequences include Swan Lake - White Swan Pas de Deux, The Nutcracker - Pas de Trois, Etude, Spartacus and...

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Bobbie Louise Hawkins (1993 Video)

Director

Yasmin Skelt

Producer

Sally Reardon; Yasmin Skelt

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

The Texan writer Bobbie Louise Hawkins talks about her life and work, and reads from her work. With archive film footage and photographs.

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Kibblestone Scout Camp: Past, Present and Future

Producer

Ray Johnson

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

With figures showing that scout membership is steadily growing, this timely documentary shows how Kibblestone at Oulton scout camp, near Stone, Satffordshire has grown since its modest start in 1927....

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World War I (Cd-Rom) (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

An account of World War 1, looking at the events of the war and its shattering effects on people and society, examining politcal and diplomatic developments, state and military figures, political...

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Edith Wharton: The Sense of Harmony (2014)

Director

Elizabeth Lennard

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 57 mins), $14.95

Documentary. Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Yale and to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Best known for novels such as The Age of Innocence, The House of...

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Metabolic Pathways (1984 Video)

Director

Gavin Nettleton

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min., 1997 sale: £20.00 (+VAT +p&p) Univ Brighton

Discusses the necessary of rephrasing biological processes in biochemical terms, explaining how enzymes operate in sequence within pathways to bring about desired changes. The major features and...

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History of Nuclear Energy: Problems and Promises (2007)

Director

Scott Reid

Subject

History; Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (118 minutes), £24.99

This 2-DVD set features film footage from the fifties and sixties which explores the power of nuclear energy and the threat of fallout after a nuclear explosion. Includes: NUCLEAR MEDICAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR...

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First Emperor of China, The (1994 Multimedia)

Distribution

CD-ROM

Documents the finding of an entire army of 7000 pottery soldiers in Xian, China, guarding the tomb of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang Di (221-206 BC), who succeeded in unifying China and completing...

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Life in the Trenches (1999 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w./col. 55 min., 2001 sale: £2.99 (inclusive)

Explains what it meant to live and fight on the Western Front, from the innocent patriotism of Kitchener’s Army to the war-weary anger of the war poets. Uses contemporary film footage and photographic...

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Library of 20th Century Newsreels, The (1997 Video)

aka: 20th Century Newsreels

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 203 min., 1997 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

Film footage from British Movietone newsreels of events which made history in the 20th century. Covers a large number of stories world-wide, from the Boer War and Queen Victoria’s funeral through the...

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