Results

Irish Destiny (1926)

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 78 minutes), 11.99 Euros

IRISH DESTINY is a love story set against the backdrop of the War of Independence produced by Dr Isaac Eppel in 1926. The film interweaves actual newsreel footage of the Black and Tans, the burning of Cork,...

DVD Find Other To order

Question of Balance, A (1975 Film)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

For two days during the autumn of 1975, a partially collapsed tower crane threatened Queen Street mainline railway station in Glasgow. Stage by stage, the crane was delicately dismantled and made safe. The...

DVD Find Other To order

Pompeii AD 79 (1976 Video)

Director

David Sharp

Producer

David Sharp

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 43 min.

An introductory television programme produced to coincide with the Pompeii AD 79 Exhibition at Burlington House. John Ward-Perkins, Academic Advisor to the Exhibition and formerly Director of the British...

DVD Find Other To order

Hadrian’s Wall: The Edge of Empire (1999 Video)

aka: Romans in Britain, The: Hadrian’s Wall: The Edge of Empire

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at Hadrian’s Wall, the most famous landmark of Roman Britain, asking how and why it was built and what its true purpose was. Guy de la Bédoyère travels the length of the wall meeting...

DVD Find Other To order

Sphakia Survey (Greece): Methods and Results Video (1995)

Subject

Archaeology; Classical studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (50 min), £25.00

The video is designed to explain to non-specialists the methods and possible results of archaeological field survey. It takes as its focus the Sphakia Survey, which covers a long timespan, 5000 years, from...

DVD Find Other To order

Black Orpheus (1959)

aka: Orfeu Negro

Director

Marcel Camus

Subject

Classical studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £19.99

Marcel Camus’ multi award winning film Black Orpheus made a huge impact on its original release, garnering top accolades, an Oscar, Golden Globe and Palme D’Or and putting bossa nova on the map.This...

DVD Find Other To order

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza (2005)

Subject

Archaeology; Classical studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £14.99

Author and archaeologist, John Romer, contemplates the mystical aspects of the Seven Wonders, exploring the enduring fascination of the only surviving Wonder, the Pyramids. He then focuses his attention on...

DVD Find Other To order

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Pharos of Alexandria (2005)

Subject

Archaeology; Classical studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £14.99

John Romer ventures to the sites of two ancient cities created by Alexander the Great - cities that were considered among the most beautiful and unusual the world has ever seen. He also explores the culture...

DVD Find Other To order

Nature Display’d (1993 Video)

Producer

Alison Tucker

Subject

History; Medical sciences

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Studies the complex associations made in the 18th century between the concepts of Woman and Nature, and how these were depicted in art and in sciences. Looks at women in relation to botany, health, charity...

DVD Find Other To order

Roman Fact, Roman Fiction (1999 Video)

aka: Romans in Britain, The: Fact and Fable

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Historian Guy de la Bédoyère tells the story of the Roman invasion of Britain: why the Romans came and how they managed to conquer and island of barbarians, which then was on the edge of the known world....

DVD Find Other To order