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Immortal Story, The (2015)

aka: Histoire Immortelle

Director

Orson Welles

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 61 minutes), £8.99

Orson Welles’ second-to-last feature, THE IMMORTAL STORY is an adaptation of a book by Danish author Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen. In 19th century Macao, Mr. Clay (Orson Welles) is a wealthy merchant at the...

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Our Country and the Dim Little Island (2005)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 55 mintues), £18.99

Two films reflecting life in Britain in the 1940s.

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Visit Aberdeen

aka: Aberdeen the Silver City

Director

Alan Harper; Joe Grey; Paul Robello; David Gladwell; Peter Neal

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 73 minutes), £14.99

Four films about Aberdeen. ABERDEEN (1906, b/w) documents the visit of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to the quatercentenary celebrations at Aberdeen University. Includes a commentary by Tom Fleming. In...

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Last Detail, The (1973)

Director

Hal Ashby

Subject

American Studies; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £15.99

When Buddusky and Mulhall are detailed to take a young sailor, Meadows, from a Virginia Naval Base to a New Hampshire Naval Prison to serve an eight-year sentence for a trivial offence they decide to show...

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Armchair Cinema (2009)

Subject

Television studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 890 minutes), £18.00

Armchair Cinema was one of the first projects undertaken by Thames Television’s Euston Films subsidiary. Based on the format of the hugely successful and influential Armchair Theatre, Armchair Cinema...

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Scotland’s X-Files (2013)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 99 minutes), £14.99

From the archive of the Imperial War Museums, rare and unseen World War II propaganda films made to inform the public of Scotland’s role in the war effort. SCOTLAND SPEAKS (1940): The role of all Scots in...

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Granton Trawler (1934 Video)

Director

John Grierson

Producer

John Grierson

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 11 min.

Shows a trawler out fishing on the Viking Bank. ‘In the thirties we were all in it together,' Grierson said. ‘We could all edit well. We could all write well. There was no part we couldn’t do, even...

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No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)

Director

St John Legh Clowes

Subject

Film studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 99 minutes), £15.99

One of the most controversial British films ever produced, this lurid crime drama caused an unprecedented storm of controversy upon release: local councils banned it, the Bishop of London denounced it, and...

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Waverley Steps (1949 Video)

Director

John Eldridge

Producer

Paul Fletcher

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 72 minutes), £20.41

An unusual official film, made with the co-operation of the people of Edinburgh, with something of the feel of the old German films of the twenties. It captures the bold outlines of the grey-stoned city and...

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Counter Culture Volume I (1960)

Subject

Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 140 minutes), $9.99

A compilation of six youth revolution films from the 1960s and early 1970s.

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