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West Highland (2001)

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 30 minutes), £19.99

A classic 1960 BBC Scotland documentary made by John Gray about life and workings on the West Highland Railway in the last days of steam.

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Laxdale Hall (1952 Film)

aka: Scotch on the Rocks

Director

John Eldridge

Feature film comedy. A group of car owners in the Hebridean village of Laxdale refuse to pay their road fund licences until they have been given a proper road. A parliamentary delegation arrives, and among...

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Using, losing, resurrecting 'A Different World'

Date

7 Apr 2015, 08:22

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

Messages from Poland: Using, losing and resurrecting 'A Different World' In 1987 Channel 4 broadcast the nine-part documentary series, The Struggles for Poland. One of its parts, A Different World, is now...

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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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Drifters/Caller Herrin’ (2002)

Director

John Grierson; Alan Harper

Subject

Agriculture; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 60 minutes), £19.99

Two films on North Sea herring fleets. One is the classic John Grierson film DRIFTERS and the other was made in 1947 for the Scottish Home Department.

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West Indies Calling (1943 Film)

Director

John Page

Producer

Paul Rotha

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A group of West Indians, led by writer Una Marson and the test cricketer Learie Constantine, assemble at Broadcasting House to describe the contribution made by them to the war effort. West Indians, of all...

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Wealth of a Nation (1938 Film, Video)

Director

Donald Alexander

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Scotland’s industry and community involvement in the changing economic landscape. A film made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow.

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Long Span, The (2006)

Director

Jim Hendry

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £19.99

A documentary filmed over six years that charts the building of the Forth Road Bridge, from the driving of the first pile to the bridge’s opening by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in September 1964. DVD...

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Seawards the Great Ships (1960 Video)

Director

Hilary Harris

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

A testimony to the achievements of the shipbuilders on the Clyde and to the men of the ‘black squads’. Shows work from blueprint-making to the launching of the tanker ‘British Trust’. With treatment...

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Roundabout: Volume 1 (2005)

Director

Roseanne Brownrigg

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 56 minutes), £8.16

ROUNDABOUT was a monthly cinemagazine produced for distribution in South and South East Asia and issued in eight languages, including Burmese and Mandarin Chinese. This collection of films was produced by...

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