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  1. Ships, Strikes and Seamen

    Date released
    1938
    Series name
    The March of Time 3rd Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    352184
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI Summary - the hard times of the merchant marine.

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  2. Industrial Strife (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Susan Boyd-Bowman
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Compares British and American newsreel coverage from the 1930s to examine the film evidence on the nature of industrial strikes. The nature of industrial action in the two countries is also discussed.

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  3. Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles

    Date
    23 Oct 2012, 08:37
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles by Mark Shiel (Reaktion Books, April 2012). 336 pages. ISBN: 978-1861899026 (hardback). £25 About the Author:  Josh Cluderay is a film graduate of Sheffield...

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  4. Follow the Rainbow (1991 Video)

    Director
    Vasudha Joshi; Ranjan Pallit
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

    Damming the Subarnarekha River in India’s South Bihar region will have catastrophic results for the native Ho Indians. The World Band-financed dams will submerge their lands and temples. The campaign of...

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  5. Leeds - United! (1974)

    Director
    Roy Battersby
    Producer
    Kenith Trodd
    Subject
    Television studies
    Distribution
    Out of distribution

    This controversial account of a strike by Leeds clothing workers was, when it was broadcast in 1974, the most expensive film to be made for British television. Featuring a huge cast, striking black and white...

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  6. Flames in the Forest (1991 Video)

    Director
    Alan Hayling; Luke Holland
    Producer
    Luke Holland
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

    Focuses on the Amazonian Indians’ fierce resistance to multinational oil companies invading and polluting their forests in Ecuador, told through the words of Luis Vargas and two Indian women leaders. Shows...

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  7. Hunters and Bombers (1991 Video)

    Director
    Hugh Brody; Nigel Markham
    Producer
    Alan Hayling; Rex Tasker
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 53 min.

    The hunters are the Innu people and the bombers are the air forces of several NATO countries, which conduct low-level flights over Innu hunting terrain. The impact of the jets is hotly debated by peace...

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  8. Leicestershire - PEOPLE WHO MATTER: 2) The Rescue Superintendent

    Date released
    Jan 1966
    Series name
    Mining Review 19th Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    346317
    Story no
    3 / 3

    NoS synopsis: the rescue superintendent, superintendent D.G. Roberts runs one of the NCB’s rescue teams. NCB Commentary - Whenever nature strikes back in a mine, the rescue brigades are on the spot....

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  9. Kimberley Mob, The (1991 Video)

    Director
    Graham Chase
    Producer
    Graeme Isaac
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 53 min.

    For 100 years the Aboriginal cowboys of the Kimberleys in Northern Australia were the workforce of the cattle industry based on their land and their labour. In 1967 when they were granted equal rights and...

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  10. Rebels of the Forgotten World (1991 Video)

    Director
    Alan Hayling; Claudio von Planta
    Subject
    Anthropology; Politics & government
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

    Reports from the jungle of West Papua, the western half of New Guinea known as Irian Jaya to Indonesians, about armed tribal opposition to Indonesia’s military occupation. Indonesia, with World Bank...

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