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  1. Joint Catholic and Protestant carol service (1975)

    Genre
    News report

    Coverage of the joint Catholic and Protestant carol service in Belfast. It looks at the violence of the last year and how the peace process has failed to prevent any deaths. Male reporter not identified.

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  2. Maitres Fous, Les (1955 Film)

    aka: Mad Masters, The

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows a ceremony of the Hauka, a religious sect in West Africa, and explores questions of dependence, domination and synthesis. During trance possession the participants of the ceremony reflect traditional...

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  3. Easter Worship: The Greek Liturgy (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Nuala O’Faolain
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Begins with the Easter procession of monks and bishops of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The rest of the programme shows next morning’s (Sunday) liturgy,...

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  4. Margaret Thatcher enters House of Lords (1992)

    Genre
    Speech; Special

    Recording of former UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, being sworn into the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.

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  5. Geoffrey Howe enters House of Lords (1992)

    Genre
    Speech

    Recording of former UK Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe being sworn into the House of Lords as Baron Howe of Aberavon.

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  6. Feast, The (1967 Film)

    Director
    Timothy Asch; Napoleon A Chagnon
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Set among the Yanomamo Indians of morthern Brazil and southern Venezuela, the feast cements an alliance between previously hostile villages for the purpose of attacking a third. (The action is first...

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  7. Kayapo: Fire of the Jaguar (1982 Film)

    Director
    Peter Ramsden
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Discusses the use of fire as a symbolic reproduction of society. Shows these ideas through everyday life among the Kayapo of Brazil, through their telling of the jaguar myth and showing the ritual that...

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  8. Isle of Temples, The: Bali (1994 Video)

    Director
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Producer
    Deben Bhattacharya
    Subject
    Anthropology; Dance; Drama; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows the day-to-day life of the islanders of Bali, a Hindu island - their folksongs, gamelan orchestras and dance dramas. The temple is the focal point of each village where the villagers gather for...

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  9. Kula, The (1961 Film)

    Director
    Steve Szabo
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A record of the kula ceremonial exchange of gifts in the Milne Bay and south Trobriand Islands areas of eastern Papua, concentrating on the ceremonial exchanges between chiefs and the making of the shell...

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  10. Role of Lord Mayor of London (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    New Lord Mayor for London interviewed on his role ( in 1990 this was very much a ceremonial role) including visits to other European countries to represent London but not getting involved in politics....

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