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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Great Minds of the 20th Century: Dr Stanley Milgram (2008)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £175.00

    A teaching resource which includes a DVD with clips from Dr. Milgrams six films and corresponding teaching materials, plus a documentary on Dr. Milgram’s life and work. Stanley Milgram, famous for his...

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  8. Princess Anne Presents Film Awards

    Date released
    8 Mar 1971
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2179
    NoS ID
    028734
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Princess Anne Presents Film Awards. DESCRIPTION: Stars of the entertainment world at the Royal Albert Hall for the presentation by Princess Anne of the Society of Film Television Arts...

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  9. Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse (2017)

    Director
    Sut Jhally
    Producer
    Jeremy Earp
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), $350.00

    Media scholar Sut Jhally takes the viewer through the history of advertising, from the emergence of the industry in the early 20th century to the full-scale commercialization of culture in the digital age....

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  10. W. H. Auden (1958)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 54 minutes), £95.00

    This film consists of two parts. The first shows actors reciting Auden’s poetry; the second sees Auden himself reading from his own work and talking about the aesthetics of his poetry. At the time of...

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