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  1. Typeface (2011)

    Subject
    Crafts; Design; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

    The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in rural Two Rivers, Wisconsin, receives very few visitors except for one weekend a month when carloads of artisans arrive to attend printmaking workshops led by, and filled...

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  2. My Nose (2007)

    Director
    Gayle Kirschenbaum
    Subject
    Psychology; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Hire, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 13 minutes), free for academic use

    One can hardly come closer to stereotypes than talking about Jewish noses and Jewish mothers. In My Nose Gayle Kirschenbaum proves that there is still room for an original take on both subjects. Her witty...

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  3. Ascent of Man, The (13 Parts) (1973 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Biology; History; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £36.99

    A classic13-part series in which Jacob Bronowski examines the intellectual, cultural, and scientific breakthroughs in man’s four-million-year evolution. He discusses the importance of new ideas and how...

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  4. Every Good Marriage Begins with Tears (2008)

    Director
    Simon Chambers
    Subject
    Social Studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 63 minutes), £50.00

    East London Muslim girl Shahanara is changing from pink hot pants into a sari to meet her husband at the airport. She has only met him once before, when she was married in a union arranged by her Bangladeshi...

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  5. Sense and Sensation: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century (2002)

    Subject
    Arts and Humanities; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £!6.99

    An exploration of the arts in eighteenth-century London, written and presented by historian John Brewer. The film considers the world of commerce and celebrity in which Georgian culture was created. A world,...

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  6. Civilisation (13 Parts) (1969)

    Subject
    History; Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £49.99 (DD) £25.99 (BBC)

    Sir Kenneth Clark’s personal view of the development of Western civilisation, concentrating on crucial episodes in France, Germany, England, Italy and America. Against the historical background are the men...

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  7. Secrets of the Stone Age (3 Parts) (2005)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £14.99

    Conventional history says that civilisation started 5000 years ago with the Egyptians. This series of three programmes, presented by anthropologist Richard Rudgley, surveys the 2 million years of prehistory...

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  8. Lost Civilisations (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 600 minutes), £39.99

    A series of ten one-hour programmes on ancient civilisations combining location filming, digital effects technology, and dramatisations to recreate rituals and events from the ancient world.

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  9. Legacy 2 (6 Parts) (1991 Video)

    Director
    Peter Spry-Leverton
    Producer
    Peter Spry-Leverton
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 60 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inc. VAT +p&p) (series) - Choices Direct

    Five thousand years ago, the first cities in the world were built on the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq. Here was the first writing, the first law, the first science -...

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  10. Advertising on TV (Vols 1-26) (2005)

    Subject
    Business studies; Media studies; Politics & government; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 55 mins each vol), $20.00 each vol

    A 26-part series covering in detail, with many examples, the theory and technology behind the development of television advertising in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s. Many of the films were...

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