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  1. Greek and Persian Wars, The (199 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 2000 sale: £29.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Reconstructions, maps and graphics, and specialists in the field interpret and explain the wars fought between the Greek states and Persia, looking in particular at the story of the Spartans who stood...

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  2. Intolerance

    Date
    7 Apr 2016, 13:55
    Author
    Ben Hodson
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Intolerance GB. Blu-ray/DVD. Eureka (Masters of Cinema series). 167 minutes + 200 minutes extras. £19.99 About the reviewer: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient Greek and Iranian Studies at...

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  3. Rig 20 (1952 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 15 min.

    Shows the hazards involved when fire breaks out at an oil well, and the measures taken to extinguish the fire. Shot in 1951 when fire broke out at a well in Persia.

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  4. Writing for Games: Debate (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies

    Audio recording of a discussion held at BAFTA on 28/10/2011. Which techniques can be adapted from film, TV and other media to make characters and stories in video games more engaging, and which need radical...

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  5. Mystery of the Persian Mummy (2003 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 50 minutes), £125.00

    The story of a magnificent mummy of an ancient Persian princess discovered in Pakistan. Covered in gold jewellery, and believed to be 2,600 years old, she had been offered for sale on the black market for...

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  6. Iran Hostage Crisis: 444 Days to Freedom - What Really Happened in Iran (2006)

    Director
    Les Harris
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £19.99

    On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamic students swarmed into U.S. embassy in Tehran, took its staff hostage, and demanded that the American government return the Shah to Iran. 444 days later the...

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  7. Grass (1925 Film, Video)

    aka: Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life

    Director
    Merian C Cooper; Ernest B Schoedsack
    Producer
    Jesse L Lasky; Adolph Zukor
    Subject
    Anthropology; Media studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In 1924 filmmakers Cooper and Schoedsack joined forces with journalist and sometime spy Harrison to film the Follows the annual migration of the nomadic Bakhtiari tribe of east Persia in search of grass for...

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  8. Mahomet (2003)

    aka: Mohammed

    Subject
    History; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 290 minutes), £27.00

    A documentary series of five 52-minute episodes on the genesis of Islam, the life of the Prophet, the Koran, the Sunna, the Haddith, the emergence of the commentaries and Muslim rights, but also the Arabs,...

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  9. 300 (2007)

    Director
    Zack Snyder
    Subject
    Classical studies; Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 116 minutes), £22.99; £25.99 (HD version)

    Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 uses a blend of live-action and CGI animation to recount the ancient battle of Thermopylae, in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death...

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  10. Ultimate Battles: Alexander the Great, Battle of the Bulge, Waterloo (2007)

    Subject
    History; Military Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

    Shot in High Definition and using cutting-edge computer generated effects, together with stunningly detailed recreations and interviews with noted historians and military experts, the three documentary films...

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