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God Slot, The (1994 Video)

Subject

Religious studies; Sociology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1995 sale: £175.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the way is religion is portrayed on television. Rosemary Hartill, former religious affairs correspondent for the BBC, plots the changes in the ‘God slot’ from the DAILY SERVICE in the 1920s to...

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Placing the Author: Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove Cottage/ The Poets of Harlem (2012)

Subject

Geography; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £12.00

This video, taken from the Open University’s A230 Reading and Studying module, looks at how landscapes and communities have influenced some of our most famous poetry. From William Wordsworth’s Daffodils...

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Bauhaus at Weimar, 1919-23, The (1975 Video)

Subject

Architecture; Art; Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 23 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

George Adams, who was a student at the Weimar Bauhaus, discusses student attitudes during this period and the influence of prevailing trends in avant-garde art. Some rare artefacts made at the Bauhus in the...

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Scenes of Norfolk Life (1993 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 55 min., 1996 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

Looking at life in the county from 1902, with scenes of town, village and country life. Also lifeboats, a steam engine rally, Norwich City football team 1913, holidays at Caister 1972, and Norwich through...

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Berlin Siedlungen (1975 Video)

Subject

Architecture; Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Traces the development of the ‘Siedlungen’ (housing estates) built in Berlin during the 1920s through the work of Taut, Scharoun, Gropius, H‰ring and Bartning. Shows that, despite the large scale of...

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Miss Mend (1926)

aka: Miss Mend, An Adventure Serial in Three Parts

Director

Boris Barnet

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 285 minutes), 35.95 Euros

Silent film produced in Russia in 1926 with the goal of rivalling the most entertaining American movies of the 1920s. It features stunning location photography and impressive stunt scenes: horse, car and...

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Le Corbusier: Villa Savoye (1975 Video)

Subject

Architecture; Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye, built at Poissyi near Paris between 1929 and 1931, is one of the most impmressive monuments of the International Style. In a detailed analysis fo the building, it is related...

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Hireling, The (2009)

Director

Alan Bridges

Subject

Film studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £12.99

A recently widowed aristocrat Lady Helen Franklin (Sarah Miles), shattered by her husband’s death, takes to a sanatorium to get her feet again. On her discharge she strikes up a hesitant relationship with...

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"I Here Engage My Words" (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 161

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev interviews Dr. Freda Scott Giles (University of Georgia) about Black responses to the Bard. Topics covered include the African Company from the 1820s; the Harlem renaissance of the...

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Tender is the Night (2000)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD)

The story of Dick and Nicole Diver, rich Americans holding court in their villa on the French Riviera during the 1920s. Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt, a film star, who is instantly attracted to them,...

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