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Draught-Horses of Progress (1979 Film)

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Looks at the development of German railways from c. 1900.

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Struggle for Israel, The (1970 Film)

Director

Michael Deakin

Producer

Tony Essex

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Two-part programme covering the history of Palestine from 1900-1948. Uses much archive material.

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Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952) (2001)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes/ 114 minutes), £9.99 £15.99 (special edition)

Anthony Asquith’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy of manners. Set in England during the Victorian era, the story revolves around a pun on the name Ernest.

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Enchanted Island, The (1930 Radio)

Producer

Gordon McConnel

Radio broadcast of Richard Henry Walthew’s (1872-1951) operetta in one act performed by the Wireless Orchestra, conductor John Ansell. Libretto by R. H. U. Bloor. John Watts narrates. The convoluted plot...

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Long Struggle, The (1962 Film)

Producer

Therese Denny

Subject

History; Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The rise of the welfare state with rare film from archives and libraries of the great events and great personalities from 1900 to 1960.

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Merlin Holland on Oscar Wilde (1998 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 58 min., 2004 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) higher education - master tape for re-editing and copying 2000 sale: £35.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) VHS, higher education

Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde’s grandson, charts the course of Wilde’s literary and personal reputation over the last hundred years.

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Trooping the Colour

Date released

16 Jun 1947

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

47/48

NoS ID

101812

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

News on Screen Cinema news Digitised Documents Online Moving image

Melies the Magician (2004)

aka: Magic of Melies, The

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 185 minutes), £19.99

The DVD contains a 130-minute documentary THE MAGIC OF MELIES by Jacques Meny (1997, 130 min.) and MELIES’ MAGIC SHOW which consists 15 restored films made by Melies between 1898 and 1909. The compilation...

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English Comedy: Wilde (198)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 50 minutes), £11.00

Relates the writer to dramatic tradition and to his society. The plays are approached as theatrical experience as well as literary texts, using readings to illuminate questions of theme and style. A...

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German Story (1956 Film)

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A history of German militarism from 1900 to 1945. Story of World Wars 1 and 2. Political and economic forces at work in Germany at the turn of the century and the rise of Hitler between the wars.

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