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Hilton: Palacio del Rio (1968 Film)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The 21-storey Hilton Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, was built in nine months. This short construction time was made possible by pre-casting each room unit at a nearby pre-casting yard. Before being...

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Attitudes Towards Regional Autonomy in Spain: The Case of Lorca (Region of Murcia) 17 Videos (2010)

Producer

Antonio Martinez-Arboleda

Subject

Geography; Politics & government; Spanish studies

Video recording of seventeen participants responding to the question "How would you feel if the regional parliament and the regional government of the Autonomous Community of Murcia were to disappear...

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Anatomy of an Opera: Jonathan Miller (1978 Film)

Director

Alan Benson

Producer

Jonathan Miller

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

In 1978 Jonathan Miller produced the Mozart opera ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ for the English National Opera Company at the Coliseum in London. The film records Miller at work and in interview he discusses...

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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...

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Barcelona (1992)

Director

Gerry Troyna

Producer

Rebecca Dobbs

Subject

Architecture; Art; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £50.00

Inspired by George Orwell’s "A Homage to Catalonia", Robert Hughes first visited Barcelona in 1968. Twenty-four years later, as the city prepares itself to host the 1992 Olympic Games, Hughes returns to...

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Dina (2018)

Director

Dan Sickles; Antonio Santini

Subject

Psychology; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 101 minutes), £5.99

Dina Buno is getting married in a few weeks time and there’s still so much to do. She has to move her boyfriend, Scott, from his parents’ house to her apartment, and settle him in to only the second home...

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Battle of Algiers, The (1965)

aka: Battaglia di Algeri, La

Director

Gillo Pontecorvo

Producer

Antonio Musi; Yacef Saadi

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 116 minutes), £19.99

A realistic reconstruction of the fight for liberation in Algiers between 1954 and 1957, resulting in 1962 in a free Algerian state. The film was banned in France for fear of inciting civil unrest, but it...

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Art History II: A Survey of the Western World (12 Parts) (1989 Video)

Producer

Donna Easter

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 x 15 min., 1995 sale: £29.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Series surveying European and American art from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. Each part concludes with a brief visual quiz.

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Germany: The Other Story (1991 Video)

Director

Mogniss H Abdallah; Ken Fero

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 hire: £20.00 1995 sale: £40.00

Germany’s black and migrant communities speak out about the increasing racism in the ‘new’ unified Germany, about how the anti-immigrant policies of the state threaten them and about how they are...

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Charlie Chaplin: The Mutual Comedies (2015)

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 355 minutes), £24.99

The twelve films Chaplin made for the Mutual Film Corporation from 1916-17, previously only available on two DVD volumes from the BFI, have been fully restored in High Definition and brought together in a...

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