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  1. Herod and Judaea (1983 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines the architectural achievements of Herod the Great, using some aerial footage, and assesses his relationship both with the Jews and with Rome. Caesarea and Samaria (Sebaste) and the base of the...

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  2. Britain in Colour in the 1930s (2011)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £14.99

    This release features a collection of short films and newreels from the Pathé Pictorial archive which were colourised using hand stencilling techniques. The featured films are as follows: A SHROPSHIRE GEM,...

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  3. Tilings at the Alhambra (1995 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Design; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the different types of patterns in the decorations of the walls of the Alhambra Palace in the finest tradition of Moorish Spain. Shows that most of the patterns are repetitive and may therefore be...

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  4. Telling Stories/Framing the Questions (1993 Video)

    Director
    Mags Noble
    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; English language and literature
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 119 min., 1994 sale: £80.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Part 1: ‘Odysseus: the Greatest Hero of them All’ is a sequence designed to compare and contrast with the original, but looks at the art of storytelling as well as at ‘the story’. ‘Storytelling at...

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  5. Kino-Pravda No. 22 (1925 Film)

    Director
    Dziga Vertov
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The first anniversary of Lenin’s death. Workers and peasants eat together and unite; free meals being given out. A delegation of peasants visits Moscow, sees Lenin’s body in the mausoleum, the Tsar’s...

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  6. Tim’s Vermeer (2014)

    Director
    Teller
    Producer
    Penn Jillette; Farley Ziegler
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £19.99

    Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Jan Vermeer, specifically how Vermeer managed to paint in such a realistic manner 150 years before the invention of...

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  7. Shared Concern (1987 Video)

    Director
    Vernon Layton
    Producer
    Tim O’Mara
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 27 min.

    Made by parents of children with a disability, deals with the difficulties doctors experience when breaking the news to parents that their newborn child has a disability.*

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  8. Royal Palaces: Images of Power (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines six royal palaces built in the 17th century, looking at the symbolic purposes for which they were constructed - as expressions of authority and power and to strengthen the realm. Shows the...

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  9. Turandot at the Forbidden City of Bejing (1999)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL), £14.99

    Zubin Mehta leads the Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and stars Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin and Barbara Frittolo in a grand, open air performance of Puccini’s great opera staged in...

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  10. First Emperor of China, The (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £16.99

    Qin Shihuang was the First Emperor of China. He not only gave China its name but is responsible for founding the longest enduring nation state in the world. This programme chronicles the period of Qin...

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