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  1. Bluebeard (2011)

    Director
    Catherine Breillat
    Subject
    French studies; Literature; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £16.49

    In the 1950s, Bluebeard was the favourite tale of good little girls, one of whom is Catherine, who loves to frighten her older sister Marie-Anne by reading this fairy tale to her until she starts to cry....

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  2. Fairy of the Phone, The (1936 Video)

    Director
    William Coldstream
    Producer
    Basil Wright
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 13 min.

    A comedy with musical sequences including an opening song featuring a chorus of telephonists. The script was based on page 6 of the 1936 London telephone directory - instructions to subscribers on how to use...

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  3. Fairy Tales: Early Colour Stencil Films from Pathé (1901)

    Director
    Georges Méliès
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 164 minutes), £19.99

    During the belle époque in turn-of-the-century Paris, a short-lived film form called ‘scènes de feeries’, or ‘fairy films’, was made popular thanks to the Pathé Frères company. The films...

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  4. Fairy Island (1995 Video)

    Director
    Nick Thorpe
    Producer
    Andrea Weichinger
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    With the Danube irrecoverably changed by the massive Gabcivko hydro-electric dam in Slovakia and Hungarian people’s lifestyles under threat, the film looks back on the river’s past, featuring gold...

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  5. Tocher, The (1938 Video)

    Director
    Lotte Reiniger
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 5 min.

    A fairy-tale ballet silhouette as a means of promoting the Post Office Savings Bank. Music consists of Rossini themes arranged by Benjamin Britten.

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  6. Through the Glass Ceiling (1994 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Business studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A animated fairy-tale drama intended to stimulate discussion about equal opportunities for women. A princess finds barriers reventing her obtaining a fulfilling job, but she is helped by fairly godmothers,...

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  7. Richard Doyle Illustrations (1994 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, 24 slides., 2000 sale: £25.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Images taken from a 1992 exhibition of archive material held by the Manchester Metropolitan University, covering Richard Doyle’s illustrations from early manuscript works and periodcials such as...

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  8. Post Office in the Thirties, The: Providing a Service (1991 Video)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 88 min., 2004 sale: £11.99 (+p&p)

    Compilation of eight short films from the GPO Film Unit showing the range of services the Post Office provided in the 1930s and how these were promoted. [See individual titles for synopsis details.]

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  9. Margaret Atwood (1985)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 40 minutes), £89.00 or free online

    Margaret Atwood, in conversation with with Hermione Lee at the ICA discusses: Themes of women ‘breaking out’ ; Visual imagery as inspiration; Literature informed by fairy tales; Writing as a woman...

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  10. No Offence (1996 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Business studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines harassment at work in the context of a fairy story, with the intention of helping people to identify and deal with sexual and racial harassment, homophobia and other forms of unacceptable behaviour...

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