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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 29 minutes), £148.48

In this programme, three leading Hawthorne scholars use ‘The Scarlet Letter’ and several Hawthorne short stories to explore issues of interpretation and literary analysis. Each work is discussed in...

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Moscow Elegy - Alexander Sokurov (2007)

aka: Moskovskaya Elegiya

Director

Alexander Sokurov

Subject

Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £24.99

Originally intended to mark the 50th birthday of Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. However, disagreements within the Soviet Professional Union of Cinematographers about the style and content of the film...

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Election ‘97 (1997 Video)

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min., £12.99 (inclusive) BBC

A compilation the BBC Television coverage of the General Election held on 1 May 1997, including Peter Snow’s swingometer and Jeremy Paxman’s interviews. Shows the cautious reactions to the exit poll;...

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Takeover (1979 Film, Video)

Director

David McDougall; Judith McDougall

Producer

David McDougall; Judith McDougall

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

On 13 March 1978 the Queensland government announced its intention to take over management of the Aurukan Aboriginal Reserve from the Uniting Church. The people of Aurukun complained bitterly, fearing that...

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Iran Hostage Crisis: 444 Days to Freedom - What Really Happened in Iran (2006)

Director

Les Harris

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £19.99

On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamic students swarmed into U.S. embassy in Tehran, took its staff hostage, and demanded that the American government return the Shah to Iran. 444 days later the...

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Twentieth-Century World (1998 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 1999 sale: £7.50 (inclusive)

Series exploring the social, economic and political events that have affected the lives of British people in the 20th century. Themes include: the shipyards of Cardiff, colonial life in Kenya, the electronic...

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World in Action: Volume 1 (2005)

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £7.20

Released to mark ITV’s 50th anniversary, this DVD contains twelve editions of WORLD IN ACTION, ITV’s flaghship current affairs programme. Lasting four decades (from the 60s to the 90s) this...

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Revolutions (4 Parts) (2011)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 52 minutes each part), £122.00 (each)£432.00 (set)

A series of four videos dealing with revolutions that have taken place in four countries: Argentina - Argentinians revolting against their bankrupt state; Haiti - Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Haiti’s...

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Tvtv: Video Revolutionaries (2018)

Director

Paul Goldsmith

Subject

American Studies; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 82 minutes), $295.00

Documentary about Top Value Television (TVTV), a collective of video makers who, from 1972 to 1977, took the then brand-new portable video camera and went out to document the world. In those days, there were...

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Romantics, The: Complete Series (2006)

Subject

Arts and Humanities; History; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £15.00

A compilation of three programmes exploring ‘The Romantics’. FROM REVOLUTION TO NATURE - This film traces the ‘birth’ of the individual in modern society. It begins with Jean Jacques Rousseau who...

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