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Rhetoric in the Ancient World / Renaissance Rhetoric / Machiavelli... (2000 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

History

Distribution

out of distribution, Audiocassette. 79 min.

Side A(i): Lorna Hardwick explains, with examples, how rhetoric in the ancient world denoted a whole system of skills and activities associated with persuasive public speaking; (ii): Letizia Panizza...

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Media Screen Round-up May 2016

Date

15 Jun 2016, 15:51

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

Post

The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at the BUFVC by Andrew Ormsby. A varied selection this month includes a trio...

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Byron’s Rhetoric

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

One of a series of taped lectures and interviews by eminent authors, poets, psychologists and professors on aspects of English Literature. Produces in the USA. This is a talk on Byron given by G. Wilson Knight.

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Who’s Afraid of Nationalism? (1995 Video)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min., 1996 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)

What shapes nationalism? Is it community, pride, rhetoric or history? We experience nationalism as a force for evil, but can it also be a positive force? Alex Duval, Tom Nairn, John Lloyd, R W Johnson and...

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

Director

Philippe Mora

Producer

Sanford Lieberson; David Puttnam

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 106 minutes), $12.49

Documentary about the depression of the 1930s in the United States. Includes extracts from many feature films of the period.

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Man of Straw (1951 Film)

aka: Unternan, Der

Director

Wolfgang Staudte

Subject

German studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Feature film based on Heinrich Mann’s satirical novel ‘Man of Straw’ about a youth who yearns for authority, develops a passion for Wilhelm II, rises in both business and social circles and finally...

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Impact of Humanism in the Visual Arts, The (1999 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min.

Examines the influence of humanism in painting, sculpture and architecture. In 9 sections: 1) Signs of Change: compares the frescoes of Benozzo Gozzoli in the chapel of the Medici Palace, Florence, with...

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Palestine Post 9/11 (2005)

Director

Osama Al-Zain

Subject

Arabic studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 73 minutes), £95.00 [Institutional rate]

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the world witnessed a number of Palestinians celebrating on the streets of Jerusalem. Palestine Post 9/11 is an examination of the...

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Plague on You, A (1985 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Draws on evidence from both press and television to show how the media has promoted and reinforced the prejudice of ‘homophobia’, especially at a time when there is widepread concern at the spread of...

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Leader, His Driver, And the Driver’s Wife, The (1991 Video)

Director

Nicholas Broomfield

Producer

Nicholas Broomfield; Rita Oord

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 72 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Shows what happens when the apparently awkward Nick Broomfield tries to make a film about the white right-wing neo-Nazi Afrikaner Resistance Movement and its leader Eugene Terreblanche. Broomfield lulls his...

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