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Apartheid (4 Parts) (1986 Video)

Director

John Blake; Allan Segal

Producer

Mark Anderson; John Blake; Norma Percy; Allan Segal

Subject

History

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 55 min.

Documentary recounting the history of apartheid in South Africa.

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Poetry in the National Curriculum: Before 1900 (2000)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, CD-ROM (Hybrid), £25.00

This double audio CD contains works by poets listed in the National Curriculum. They include William Blake, Robert Browning, Lord Byron, John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Herbert, Robert Herrick,...

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Across the Tracks: The Vlach Gypsies of Hungary (1988 Video)

aka: Vlach Gypsies

Director

John Blake

Distribution

Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (Granada)

Vlach gypsies are unassimilated descendents of gypsy slaves in Wallachia in Romania in the 19th century. Explores the gypsies’ position in socialist Hungary through the eyes of three related families,...

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Don’t Tell Mother (1979 Video)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

An elderly widow combines hypochondria with an ability to irritate. Her children are used to humouring her, but when they learn she is dying of cancer they are forced to rethink their attitudes.

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Ordnance Survey: A True Direction (1996 Video)

Director

Rosie Kilmurry

Producer

Nicki Blake

Subject

Business studies; Geography

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

Users of both conventional and digital mapping systems talk about the benefits of having accurate and reliable information, often customised to meet specific needs. Explains what geographic information...

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Great Pyramid, The: Gateway to the Stars (1994 Video)

Producer

Chris Mann

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Writers Robert Bauval and Adrian Gilbert claim that the Great Pyramid was an instrument of worship in the stellar cult of the fourth Egyptian dynasty, and that the precision with which it was constructed was...

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Poetry: Between the Lines - The Romantics (2015)

Subject

English language and literature

Hip-hop artist Akala explores the language, form and themes of the Romantic era, and explores the effect it has had in shaping our society. Among the poets discussed are Wordsworth, Byron, Blake, Shelley and...

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Good Enough to Eat? 1 (1993 Video)

Producer

Angela Tilby

Subject

Psychiatry; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines Dr Jill Welbourne’s perception of anorexia and bulimia nervosa as a spiritual and moral issue - a quest for perfection, which is expressed through excessive fasting. Looks at the origins of these...

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Elstree 1976 (2016)

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £15.99

Documentary written and directed by Jon Spira about the uncredited actors and extras who played minor roles in the first Star Wars film. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and extensive interviews with the...

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Force Reflecting Interfaces to Teleoperators and Virtual Environments (1995 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS (PAL, NTSC). col. 150 min., 1995 sale: US$129.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A video tutorial reviewing the basic technologies available and the current state of research aimed at providing a sense of ‘feel’ or physical contact with virtual environments. Covers the fundamentals...

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