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Systems in a Cinema (2000 Video)

Subject

Business studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows how modern cinemas are using information technology for various operations including marketing, finance, building management and ticketing and film projection. Looks at the benefits and pitfalls of...

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Inside a Leisure Business (2000 Video)

Subject

Business studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks behind the scenes at a major leisure and entertainment company specialising in multiplex cinemas. Examines the battle for market share and how the multiplex is affecting smaller independent cinemas....

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Final Reel, The (2016)

aka: The Final Reel: The Story of Our Love Affairs with Cinemas

Director

Jonathan Blagrove

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £10.99

From the early days of silent cinema, through the golden age of the picture palace to the modern multiplexes and beyond, this documentary takes an affectionate and entertaining look at Britain’s obsession...

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Century of Bristol Cinemas, A (2000 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

A celebration of a century of Bristol cinema; in its heyday Bristol boasted over 60 venues. Shows cinemas old and new, as they were and as they are today, including local contributions to the development of...

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George Barber: Cinema Pioneer

Producer

Ray Johnson

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

Made to celebrate the centenary of the opening of the very first cinema in the Potteries - Barber’s Picture Palace in Tunstall. There’s a history of film shows in the Potteries since 1896 up to the need...

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Cinemas in Britain (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, 99 slides. col., 1996 sale: £100.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Slides of an exhibition held at the RIBA Heinz Gallery 3 Feb-5 May 1996, which traced the development of cinema architecture in Britain. Arranged chronologically, the set first examines the earliest drawings...

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Odeon Cavalcade (1973)

Director

Barry Clayton

Subject

Architecture; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £50.00

The Odeon chain of cinemas was notable for the Art Deco style of the buildings themselves. Under the auspices of the chain’s owner Oscar Deutsch, architects Harry Weedon and Cecil Clavering, influenced by...

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Curtain Up: Remembering Edinburgh’s Cinemas

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 63 minutes), £19.99

In 1929 Edinburgh had more than thirty cinemas but was eagerly awaiting the opening of yet another one. This time it would be The Playhouse, a large cinema seating 3000. CURTAIN UP is the story of The...

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Remembering Edinburgh’s Picture Palaces (2003)

Subject

Architecture; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS, £15.99

The video consists of a film on Edinburgh’s cinemas and an example of the kind of movie with full supporting programme that would have played in them.

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Line to Skye, The (1973 Video)

Director

Edward McConnell

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min., 2001 sale: £12.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

A film widely, and successfully, shown in cinemas in support of the campaign to keep the Inverness to Kyle railway line open.

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