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Secrets of the Stone Age (3 Parts) (2005)

Subject

Anthropology; Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £14.99

Conventional history says that civilisation started 5000 years ago with the Egyptians. This series of three programmes, presented by anthropologist Richard Rudgley, surveys the 2 million years of prehistory...

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Britain from the Air (2 Vols) (2001 Video)

aka: Flying Through History

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 168 min., 2001 sale: £14.99 (inclusive) - boxed set

A series of six programmes, filmed entirely from helicopter, showing key sites and how the landscape of Britain has evolved over 2000 years. Each of the six units covers a key period.

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History of British Art, A (1996 Video)

Director

Martin Davidson; Rik Lander; James Muir; Tanya Seghatchian; Paul Tickell

Producer

Gillian Greenwood

Subject

Art; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 50 min., 2003 sale: £350.00 (+VAT +p&p) series 2003 sale: £125.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Series tracing the history of British art from 1066 to the present. Presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon travels across the country, presenting a picutre of the cultural life of a nation embracing not only in...

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This Sceptred Isle: Day Trips in Britain 1940s to 1970s - The Films of Harold Baim (2012)

Director

Harold Baim

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 365 minutes), £15.99

Spanning the 30 years from 1944 to 1974, THIS SCEPTRED ISLE includes over a dozen archive travelogues as filmed by celebrated quota quickie B-movie producer Harold Baim.

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Strange Landscape, A (1995 Video)

Director

Derek Towers

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 250 minutes), £780

Five part series investigating the art and philosophy of the Middle Ages. Part 1. The JEWELLED CITY looks at Gothic cathedral at Chartres, where medieval pilgrims believed they could glimpse paradise. Part 2...

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Space on Earth, Series (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 25 min.

The six programmes survey aspects of modern architecture and show many of the most striking and controversial buildings of the 20th century. 1: Looks at the reasons for public dissatisfaction with modern...

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Ascent of Man, The (13 Parts) (1973 Video)

Subject

Anthropology; Biology; History; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £36.99

A classic13-part series in which Jacob Bronowski examines the intellectual, cultural, and scientific breakthroughs in man’s four-million-year evolution. He discusses the importance of new ideas and how...

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Civilisation (13 Parts) (1969)

Subject

History; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £49.99 (DD) £25.99 (BBC)

Sir Kenneth Clark’s personal view of the development of Western civilisation, concentrating on crucial episodes in France, Germany, England, Italy and America. Against the historical background are the men...

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Five Shapes (2005)

Subject

Architecture; Mathematics

In new series about Five Shapes, mathematician Marcus du Sautoy finds his favourite forms in some highly unlikely places. He visits a spherical building in Paris, hears music inspired by the symmetries of...

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