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Joy of Sex Education, The (2009)

Director

David Rosler

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £17.75

A collection of British sex education films. From the euphemistic to the explicit, the anthology takes the viewer through 60 years of sex education in Britain from the 1910s to the 1970s. Films included are:...

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Coi Collection: Vol 1 - Police and Thieves (2010)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 296 minutes), £19.99

The first volume in a series of DVD compilations of films made by the Central Office of Information. Established in 1946, the Central Office of Information (COI) was a successor to the wartime Ministry of...

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Britain at War: Under Fire (1991 Video)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 55 min., 2004 sale: £11.99 (+p&p)

Compilation of five films from the GPO Film Unit that illustrate the effect of the first two years of war on the British people. [See individual titles for synopsis details.]

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Halas & Batchelor Short Film Collection, The (2016)

Director

John Halas; Joy Batchelor

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 139 minutes), £9.18

Animation. This collection of eighteen short films presents a necessarily selective view of the output of the British animation company, from 1948 - 1981. A useful range of extras includes ‘An Animated...

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Suburbia: The American Dream

Subject

Architecture; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 120 minutes), $14.99

This collection of industrial films takes a trip back in time to the dawn of the American suburb. They were created to educate the public on the values of moving out of the dirty, grimy city and into newly...

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History of Nuclear Energy: Problems and Promises (2007)

Director

Scott Reid

Subject

History; Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (118 minutes), £24.99

This 2-DVD set features film footage from the fifties and sixties which explores the power of nuclear energy and the threat of fallout after a nuclear explosion. Includes: NUCLEAR MEDICAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR...

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Coi Collection: Vol 2 - Design for Today (2010)

Subject

Architecture; Design

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 296 minutes), £19.99

Established in 1946, the Central Office of Information (COI) was a successor to the wartime Ministry of Information and was responsible for producing thousands of films which celebrated Britain, its people...

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Captured (2013)

Director

John Krish

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 62 minutes), £19.99

Never commercially released before and previously only shown to a highly restricted audience of top military brass from the Ministry of Defence, CAPTURED (1959) is a stunning POW drama and a lost gem of...

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Birds and the Bees, The (2011)

aka: Joy of Sex Education, The

Subject

Health Education; History; Media studies; Medical sciences; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 338 minutes), £19.99

From the impenetrably euphemistic to the breathtakingly explicit, this intriguing anthology of 16 films takes us through 60 years of sex education in Britain from the 1910s to the 1970s. All ‘unmentionable...

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Sex in the 1950s (1947)

Subject

Health Education; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 115 minutes), $14.99

This amazing collection of American sex education films deals with such issues as menstruation (Molly Grows Up), puberty (Physical Aspects of Puberty), acceptable displays of affection (How Much Affection?),...

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