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Parks for the People

Producer

Ray Johnson

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

Until 1888 there were no public parks in the Potteries. People had to make do with a number of small recreation grounds and the annual visit to the Duke of Sutherland’s gardens at Trentham. The Borough of...

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Marcus Gheeraerts II: Elizabethan Artist (2011)

Subject

Art; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 35 minutes), £14.99

Marcus Gheeraerts II (1561/2-1636) was one of the great portrait artists of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he painted many of the leading Britons of the time,...

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Film Archives UK new website

Date

28 Oct 2013, 08:40

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

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[caption id="attachment_23644" align="alignright" width="212"] www.filmarchives.org.uk/[/caption] Yesterday marked the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage – the day when archives around the world...

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Newsreel History of the Third Reich (4 Parts) (2007)

Subject

Film Studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (4 x 60 minutes), £10.99 each

4 separate DVD compilations which use German newsreel footage to give a fascinating insight of how Goebbels’s Ministry of Propaganda portrayed World War II to the German people.

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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Date

8 Sep 2010, 10:51

Author

Eve-Marie

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[caption id="attachment_5343" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="© UNESCO"][/caption] October 27th marks World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, proclaimed in 2005 by UNESCO in order to help raise global...

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Archive Film Screening

Date

13 Sep 2010, 15:57

Author

bufvclinda

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As part of the Industrial Revolutionises exhibition at the Harris Museum in Preston there is a special event taking place at the University of Central Lancashire. Preston on Film with North West Film...

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Carnival King of Europe Collection (2017)

aka: Carnival, King of Europe

Director

Michele Trentini; Giovanni Kezich

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 562 minutes), £200.00

Every winter ancient rituals are performed throughout Europe to secure prosperity and good harvests. These rituals are at the heart of what is known today as the Carnival celebrations. Led by anthropologist...

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Berlin Wall footage from BBC Archive

Date

22 Oct 2009, 11:46

Author

bufvcsergio

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The BBC Archive has released a collection of audio visual materials focusing on one of the defining moments in post-war history - the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. It is available at:...

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Whicker’s World Volume 2 (2009)

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 400 minutes), £19.56

A cultural icon, consummate interviewer and guiding light behind some of the most popular documentaries ever made, Alan Whicker’s quiet brand of incisive, insightful television journalism has enthralled...

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Balloon goes up on University’s Channel 4 Project

Date

11 Aug 2014, 16:52

Author

bufvclinda

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The University of Portsmouth’s School of Creative Arts, Film and Media launched its major new research on Channel 4’s impact on British film culture at a special event on 19 May. This first major...

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