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Wheels of Progress (1989 Video)

Producer

Nat Taylor

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Few technological developments so captured the popular imagination during the first half of the 20th century as did motor vehicles. Using archive film from Germany and the United States the film shows how in...

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Moving Image Gateway: June news

Date

3 Jun 2016, 16:31

Author

Andrew Ormsby

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Hogarth’s Progress (1997)

Director

Roger Parsons

Subject

Art; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 51 minutes), 19.99 Euros

Satirical, critical, talented - William Hogarth was one of the most original British artists of the 18th Century. The son of a poor schoolmaster made a name for himself as a portraitist and became best known...

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October: The Russian Revolution (2012)

Director

Gilles Dellanoy

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 45 minutes), $7.49

Commentary and archival footage explore the causes of the Russian Revolution, the theory and practice of Communism and the progress of the revolution up to the death of Lenin. French Channel 80 Documentary...

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Fire from Olympia (2004)

Director

Christopher Miles

Subject

Archaeology; History; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £9.99

Historical documentary that explores the origins of the modern Olympic Games. The film follows the progress of three athletes who visit sites of the ancient Olympics and attempt to recreate different...

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Homo Homini (1968)

aka: Homo Homini Plus Acceleration

Subject

Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 13 minutes), £15.00

HOMO HOMINI is an animated film which shows Rodin’s "The Thinker" trying to create a better world but each solution creates further problems. A rapid succession of images, showing young people laughing and...

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Enlightenment, The: Reason and Progress (1992 Video)

Producer

Alison Tucker

Subject

Philosophy; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the Enlightenment with specific reference to how the belief in universal reason led to the origins of the studies we now call the social sciences. It looks at how the ‘Philosophes’ established a...

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Leyland 100: A Century of Progress

Producer

Ray Johnson

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

Documentary about the history of Leyland Trucks and Buses. This commemorative Centenary video draws on specially shot footage and unique archive films, memorabilia and photographs to chart the firm which...

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Mighty Saturns: Saturn V (2005)

Subject

Astronomy; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £34.99

The Spacecraft Films collection is a comprehensive series devoted to the history of space exploration, featuring actual video and film footage from NASA’s archives. This installment focuses on one of space...

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Feminism Inshallah: A History of Arab Feminism (2014)

Director

Feriel Ben Mahmoud

Subject

Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 mins), $350 (institutional rate)

The struggle for Muslim women’s emancipation is often portrayed stereotypically as a showdown between Western and Islamic values, but Arab feminism has existed for more than a century. The documentary...

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