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Control in the Community (1995 Video)

Producer

Robert Philip

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at a selection of almshouses, hospitals and churches built in France, England, Scotland and Ireland in the 17th century, examining the role played by patrons and ocmmunities in their construction, and...

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Douceur du Village, La (1964 Film)

aka: Quiet Village in Vietnam, A

Director

François Reichenbach

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Sociological study of life in a French village. Music by Michel Legrand.

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Dreyfus Affair, The (1983 Video)

Director

Peter Coltman

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 36 min., 1999 sale: £17.50 (+VAT +p&p)

An account of and assessment of a miscarriage of justice which divided French society and the effects of which are still felt today. Looks at the Dreyfus case of alleged espionage, how it became the...

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Toulouse: Money and Power and Provincial France (1990 Video)

Producer

Charles Cooper

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

In the 16th century the University of Toulouse trained lawyers for the local parliament, the Royal Courts of Justice, while the merchants of Toulouse created one of the wealthiest cities in France by trading...

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Etre et Avoir (2003)

aka: To Be and to Have

Subject

Education; French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 104 minutes), £15.99

A documentary following schoolteacher Georges Lopez as he teaches 12 students between the ages of 4 and 10 in a one-room school in rural France.

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Plaisir, Le (1951 Video)

aka: House of Pleasure

Director

Max Ophüls

Producer

Max Ophüls

Subject

French studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 94 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

French feature film adapted from three short stories by Guy de Maupassant, each dealing with one aspect of pleasure. In ‘Le masque’ a man regains his youth. ‘La maison tellier’ finds a prostitute in...

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Hortus Cave, The (1973 Film)

Director

H de Lumley

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

In the Mediterranean Languedoc the excavation of the Hortus cave has made possible the reconstruction of the evolution of climate and landscape in the WüUErm 2 period. Study of Neanderthal man’s camp sites.

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Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie, Le (1972 Video)

aka: Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The

Director

Luis Buñuel

Subject

French studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 97 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Satirical comedy in which six middle-class friends attempt to dine together but are continually frustrated.

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Royal Palaces: Images of Power (1995 Video)

Producer

Robert Philip

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines six royal palaces built in the 17th century, looking at the symbolic purposes for which they were constructed - as expressions of authority and power and to strengthen the realm. Shows the...

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Aerial Archaeology in Northern France: Detecting Protohistoric and Gallo-Roman Remains (1973 Video)

Director

R Agache

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min.

Surface indications best seen from the air reveal the existence of archaeological remains beneath the great plains of Artois and Picardy. The discovery of this ‘hidden landscape’ and particularly of its...

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