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Wild Swans in Epitaph/Madhonor (Madonna) (1974 Film)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Two dances choreographed, danced and analysed by Margaret Beals. ‘Wild swans in epitaph’ is a suite of poems spoken and danced, based on the poetry of Edna St Vincent Millay. ‘Madhonor’ is danced in...

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Utopia (2013)

Director

John Pilger

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 110 minutes), £10.30

John Pilger’s film breaks what amounts to a national silence about the indigenous first people of Australia: the oldest, most enduring human presence on Earth. UTOPIA reveals that apartheid is deep within...

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Breaking the Silence (1988 Video)

Producer

Malcolm Brinkworth

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Christine Harding, who went totally deaf two years earlier at age 40, may be one of the the few people in Britain to benefit from a cochlear implant, which may restore her hearing to some degree. The...

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Jane Austen in Context (1998)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Hire, VHS (PAL, 374 minutes), free loan

Six presentations on the work of Jane Austen, which were filmed in 1997 at a conference in the Dept of Continuing Education, University of Oxford. On 2 videocassettes with three lectures on each. The...

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Søren Kierkegaard (1994)

Director

Anne Regitze Wivel

Subject

Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 157 minutes), 26.54 Euros

This film about Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) features experts Paul Müller, Johannes Møllehave, Joakim Garff, Niels Barfoed, Jørgen Carlsen and Ole Morsing speaking about five major...

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Sentenced to Success (1976 Film)

Subject

Health & safety; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Made for the CFDT Union of Atomic Energy Workers in a nuclear reprocessing plant in La Hague, France. Examines the realities of day-to-day life in the shadow of the potentially lethal irradiation and...

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Into Great Silence (2007)

Director

Philip Gröning

Subject

Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 164 minutes), £22.99

As a young filmmaker, Philip Gröning approached the Prior of the Grande Chartreuse Monastery, located high in the French Alps, to inquire whether he might make a documentary of their lives. 16 years later...

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Open Mathematics: DVD For Blocks a, B, C and D

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £41.99

DVD to accompany course MU120 Open Mathematics. Contents are as follows: Band 1: Maths as others see it (Unit 1); Band 2: Women in the workplace (Unit 3); Band 3: Hot spots (Unit 4); Band 4: Four-and-twenty...

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Art of Listening, The (2007)

Subject

Careers Guidance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £39.00

This programme teaches the seven laws of better listening. A coffee shop provides the setting for two college students to watch and discuss their video class project on listening. ‘Art of Listening’...

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Brain, The (2015)

aka: The Brain with Dr. Eagleman

Director

Sarah Sapper

Producer

Helen Conlan

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 300 minutes), $29.99

Using innovative visual effects and compelling personal stories, neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the wonders of the human brain. Episodes include: -What is Reality?: How the brain constructs our...

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