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British Transport Films Collection Vol. 5: Off the Beaten Track (2007)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 304 minutes), £19.99

The fifth in the series of double DVD box sets of films from the BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION. Following the post-war thirst for visual teaching and educational entertainment and the nationalisation of...

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Four Films After Shoah (1985)

Director

Claude Lanzmann

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 439 minutes), £24.99

Claude Lanzmann’s follow-ups to his landmark SHOAH, each of the four films explores in further depth specific aspects and events of the Nazis’ extermination programme. A VISITOR FROM THE LIVING (1997)...

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Nobel Scientists: Interviews with Nobel Prize Winning Scientists (2010)

Subject

Science

The 20th Century was a time that saw significant advances in all branches of science. In the 1980s, the BBC decided to preserve a record of some of the great minds behind these remarkable developments and...

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British Transport Films Collection Vol. 1: On and off the Rails (2005)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 261 minutes), £19.99

The first of five double-disc DVD versions of bfi Video’s VHS series THE BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION. Following the post-war thirst for visual teaching and educational entertainment and the...

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Disaster Series 1 (6 Episodes) (1997)

Producer

Bryn Higgins

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science; Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, DVD (6 x 30), £195 each or £750 series

The first series examines six of the world’s most dramatic technological disasters, using original BBC footage, recreations and interviews with key decision-makers. Their powerful and detailed approach...

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Connecting Lines: Artists Talking About Drawing (2010)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Audio (CD)

CONNECTING LINES celebrates twenty years of the ongoing ‘Artists Lives’ project, run by National Life Stories in association with the Tate. A crucial aim of the project is to create an opportunity for...

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Medi-Vision (Parts 16-26) (1995 Video)

Producer

David C Anderson; Robert D Mitchell

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28, 34, 23, 38, 29, 59, 60, 22, 27, 31, 28 min., 1995 sale: £42.00 (+p&p) each part

Medical education programmes providing demonstrations of various aspects of the clinical method and clinical medicine. These programmes cover paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, cardiac cases,...

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Kenneth Anger. Volumes 1-3 (1980 Video)

Director

Kenneth Anger

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, 3 videocassettes. VHS. col. 58, 58, 42 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive) each

Nine films on three videocassettes by the avant-garde film-maker Kenneth Anger. All have been digitally re-mastered and include the original music. Volume 1 includes FIREWORKS (1947, 14 min): Anger’s first...

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Great War, The, Series (1964 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £ 99

A definitive history of the 1914-1918 war, narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave and employing the voice skills of other leading actors including Sir Ralph Richardson (as Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig) and...

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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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