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Lubitsch in Berlin: Six Films 1918-1921 (1918)

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 439 minutes), £24.99

This set collects six recently restored works from the silent phase of Lubitsch’s career, and casts new light on the director both as a fully-formed comic master, and as a virtuoso of cinematographic...

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Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy (3 Parts) (2005)

aka: Trilogy on Tibet, A

Subject

Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56, 129, 52 minutes), £21.95

A digitally remastered reissue of the seminal trilogy of films on Tibet originally released in 1979, now on one DVD and containing additional materials and a new commentary.The trilogy portrays the unbroken...

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Art of Faith (2008)

Subject

Architecture; Art; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

This series of three hour-long films exploring the architecture and art of Judaism, Christianity and Islam visits many of the greatest and most significant religious buildings of the world. Filmed in high...

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Meltdown: In the Shadow of Nepal’s Lost Glaciers (2007)

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

In 1986 a small glacial lake in the Khumbu region of Nepal burst its banks washing away a hydro-electric power station, many bridges and many lives. This was just a taste of what is to come. There are much...

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Pinter at the BBC (2019)

Subject

Arts and Humanities

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 628minutes)

PINTER at the BBC is a 5-disc DVD box set containing 10 plays made for the BBC between 1965 and 1988, all previously unavailable on DVD. -TEA PARTY (Charles Jarrot, 1965) -A SLIGHT ACHE (Christopher Morahan,...

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Sons of Haji Omar (1978 Film)

Director

Timothy Asch; Asen Balikci; Eugene Boyko; David Newman; Richard Sorensen

Producer

Don Hopkins; Douglas MacDonald; Michael McKennirey

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtun tribal group in north-eastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on this family: Haji Omar, the patriarch, a wealthy settled nomad, determined on...

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Know Your Enemy: Nazi Training Films for Allied Invasion (2008)

Subject

History; Military Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 176 minutes), £16.99

A set of four Army training films made for British troops as a prelude to their intended invasion of mainland Europe. Each focuses on a specific area of threat showing graphically what weapons and munitions...

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Punishment Park (2005)

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes), £14.99

Both controversial and relentless in its depiction of suppression and brutality, PUNISHMENT PARK was heavily attacked by the mainstream press and permitted only the barest of releases in 1971. Peter...

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Age of Stupid, The (2009)

Director

Franny Armstrong

Subject

Energy; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 92 minutes), £19.99 (retail) £14.00 Spanner direct

Pete Postlewaite stars in this cautionary look at our changing climate, and what could become of our world should we continue to ignore the warning signs and not stop global warming while we still have the...

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Great American Railroad Journeys: Series 1-3

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1595 minutes), £45.50

In this 11-disc set, Conservative politician Michael Portillo swaps his treasured copy of Bradshaw’s Handbook for its stateside counterpart - an 1879 edition of Appleton’s General Guide to the United...

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