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Goodbye Old Man (1977 Film, Video)

aka: Good-Bye Old Man

Director

David MacDougall

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Ethnographic record of a pukumani (bereavement) ceremony of the Tiwi of Melville Island, off the coast of Australia. Made at the request of the Mangatopi family of Snake Bay, the ceremony was held for the...

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Last Mitterand, The (2005)

aka: Promeneur du Champs de Mars, Le

Subject

French studies; History; Politics & government

Distribution

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

A dramatised film based on the writing of Francois Mitterand’s memoirs, providing a glimpse of his life, times and legacy. The old man is dying from prostate cancer and knows he doesn’t have much time to...

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Ages of Autism, The (2000)

Subject

Education; Medical sciences; Psychology; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, VHS (30 minutes), £15.99

Focuses on the wide variety of abilities and needs of people with autistic spectrum disorders and highlights the need for different services and support to enable people to reach their full potential. There...

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You Only Live Once (1996 Video)

Director

John Hey

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

With the help of private funding and research into a rare disorder - progeria, or premature ageing - geneticists believe they have found the biogical clock - a repeating DNA sequence - that determines when...

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Old Man of Buffalo, The (1992 Video)

aka: Images of Atlantis: The Photography of Milton Rogovin

Director

Peter Wollen

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Milton Rogovin, age 82 and living in Buffalo, New York, began taking photographs in the 1950s. The programme looks at his work and talks to subjects of his photos.

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Krapp’s Last Tape (1971 Video)

Director

Alan Schneider

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 54 min., 2000 sale: US$149.00 (+p&p)

Directed by Alan Schneider and performed in a theatrical space by Jack MacGowran, Beckett’s ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’ is a touching, poetic and comic playback of an old man’s past.

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Living with Progressive Quadriplegia (1987 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences; Social welfare

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 18 min.

An interview with a highly articulate 59-year-old man who has been suffering from multiple sclerosis for 15 years. His views on the quality of nursing care he has received are of particular interest.

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Degas: The Old Man Mad About Art (1996 Video)

Director

Mischa Scorer

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)

Re-evaluates the paintings of Degas made during the last ten yiears of his life, providing an insight into the artist’s life in Montmartre. Visits the archives of the Bibliotheque Nationale for...

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Hole in Fred’s Head, A (1995 Video)

Producer

John Hayes-Fisher; Emma Walker

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 35 min., 1998 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Focuses on Fred Amphlett, a 48-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease, whose medication has gradually lost its effectiveness. Follows him as he prepares for, undergoes and recovers from pioneering brain...

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Human Body, The (7 Parts) (1998 Video)

Director

Richard Dale

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 344 minutes), £34.99

Series in which Professor Robert Winston examines how the body has evolved. Uses state-of-the art photography and medical imaging to show the workings of the body from the inside. In seven parts. 1: The...

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