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Wired for Books: Joseph Heller (1984)

Subject

Literature

Joseph Heller saw the title of his classic novel, Catch-22, become an accepted phrase of the English language. Join Don Swaim in this 1984 conversation with Joseph Heller as they talk about writing, growing...

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Britain’s Bloodiest Dynasty: The Plantagenets (2014)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £7.99

Historian Dan Jones presents his account of the early Plantagenets, beginning with Henry II and culminating with Richard II.

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Age of Charles II, The (1985 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

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

David Drew evaluates the 25-year reign of Charles II, during which Britain enjoyed a period of peace after the horrows of civil war.

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Soviet Newsreel No. 59 (June 1941): Special Issue: The Radio Broadcast by the Chairman of the Peoples’ Commissars, V M Molotov (1941 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The broadcast made by Molotov on 22 June 1941 in which he announced to the Russian people that their country had been invaded by German troops. The newsreel shows shots of factory workers and members of the...

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Civilians in War and After: Poland and World War II (1996 Video)

aka: Civilians in War - Then and After: Poland and World War II

Director

Katherine McCarthy

Producer

Katherine McCarthy

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £20.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Studies the effects of war on the people whose land is fought over. Follows the fate of civilians in World War 2. Includes interviews with survivors and archive footage from the period. Shows three of the...

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Neville Chamberlain (1975)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 27 minutes), £60.00

Eight newsreel stories from the 1930s featuring Neville Chamberlain, with identifying titles. Chamberlain comments on the Labour Budget, 1931; explains Tariff Bill, 1932; expounds 1936 budget; on national...

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Railway Man, The (Audio) (1996)

Subject

English language and literature

Bill Paterson reads Eric Lomax’s book about his capture by the Japanese during World War II.

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Bio Sci II Videodisc, The (1990 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Interactive videodisc. NTSC. Standard play (CAV format). Package includes associated software for Apple Macintosh and IBM-PC compatible systems.

An image database for the biological sciences.

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Walk the Talk: Women Walking Beyond Habitat II (1997 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 14 min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

Shows the active participation of women - the Women’s Caucus - in the 1996 UN Conference on Human Settlemsnts (Habitat II) and describes the women’s efforts to ensure that the Habitat Agenda include a...

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Battle for Warsaw (2012)

aka: Chronicles of World War II

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £12.99

This documentary traces the tragic story of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising in which nearly a quarter of a million Poles lost their lives. It includes much archive material that is rare and that has only recently...

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