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  1. Divide et Impera (Divide and Rule) (2015)

    Director
    Scott Noble
    Subject
    History; Politics & government; Social Studies

    The series examines early American history through an examination of class. Part 1 DIVIDE ET IMPERA includes sections on Mother Jones, the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; Reconstruction;...

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  2. Jane Eyre (1944) (1944)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL)

    A classic black and white film adaptation of the novel by Charlotte Bronte starring Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles and featuring a brooding gothic score by Bernard Herrmann.

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  3. Battleground Vietnam: War in the Jungle (2007)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 412 minutes), £24.99

    The Vietnam War was one of the worst horrors of the second half of the 20th century and the causes behind it continue to baffle people to this day. How did it start? What were the justifications for...

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  4. America in the Fifties: Let’s Play House (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    This compilation illustrates the gulf between the roles demanded by the idealised and relentlessly promoted American family and the reality of life. Femininst Betty Friedan gives voice to the many who fail...

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  5. Martin Luther King Jr (1981 Video)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

    Three of Dr King’s closest friends, plus his widow Coretta King, assess his leadership in the civil rights movement. Uses documentary footage and photographs to traces Dr King’s non-violent protest and...

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  6. America in the Fifties: Selling the American Way (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History; Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at how television was used in the 1950s to sell consumer dreams and political deception in the USA. Rosser Reeves devised advertisements for cigarettes, headache remedies and presidents; Richard Nixon...

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  7. Albert Einstein: How I See the World (1995 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC only). col. 60 min., 2004 sale: $24.90 (+p&p)

    Chronicles how Einstein became an advocate for peace, using excerpts from his diaries, personal letters and writings. Looks at some of the 20th century’s most important events from Einstein’s point of...

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  8. Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013)

    Director
    Thomas P. O’Connor
    Producer
    Thomas P. O’Connor
    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 66 minutes), $24.99

    The documentary uses Graham Greene’s own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and film clips, to reveal the fascinating life of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. The...

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  9. Ecological Design (1997 Video)

    Director
    Brian Danitz; Chris Zelov
    Producer
    Brian Danitz; Chris Zelov
    Subject
    Architecture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 2005 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Illuminates the emergence of ecological design in the 20th century, the work of R Buckminster Fuller in the 1920s, through the 1960s’ counter-culture, and on to contempory work. Follows the evolution of...

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  10. Narrating Modernity: Writers of the Mid 20th Century (2008)

    Director
    Eliseo AÌ lavarez
    Subject
    Languages; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 50 minutes), £118.24

    The mid-20th century was an era of large-scale and often tragically violent political shifts which completely changed the face of Latin American life and art. As this programme demonstrates, the rise of...

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