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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, The (2007)

Director

John Doyle

Subject

Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 133 minutes), £23.00

Mahagonny, an Old West boomtown rises from the desert to become a razzle-dazzle Mecca for lust, liberty, and the pursuit of pleasure. Cash is king, poverty is punishable by death, and anything worth doing is...

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Shaking Up Shakespeare (1932 Radio)

Broadcast as part of a mixed variety radio programme, this appears to have been an all-male variety sketch based on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Written by Con West, this item is presented by John...

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Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation (1998)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 120 minutes), $16.95

Many years after the Civil War had ended, those survivors who had once been slaves were interviewed by a variety of scholars and researchers. Accounts of many of those interviews were set down on paper, and...

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Code, The (2011)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3180 minutes), £15.00

Hidden in the world around us are mysterious symbols and bizarre numbers. Do they hold the key to understanding the universe? Professor Marcus du Sautoy takes us on a gripping treasure hunt to discover the...

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Audio History: The Digital Record - Mp3 Broadcasts and Speeches

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD), $9.99

A collection of speeches and broadcasts recording key moments of the twentieth century, preserved, restored and digitally enhanced on MP3 audio. Includes Alger Hiss "I am not, and never have been, a member...

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Presidential Campaign TV Ads Volume 1 1952-1964/Volume 2 1964-1976 (2006)

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 60+ menutes each), $9.99 each volume

Two compilation volumes (sold separately) of American presidential campaign television commercials. Vol 1: 22 Commercials Selling Candidates For The Presidency. Contains: 52 Eisenhower - "Ike For President...

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Black Civil Rights Films DVD (2004)

Subject

History; Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 150 minutes), $9.99

A compilation of ten films on the Black Civil Rights Movement in America, made between 1937 and 1971.

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Greatest Speeches of All Time Vols 1,2 and 3 (2006)

Subject

English language and literature; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £17.99 each vol

Three separate DVDs each containing original footage of some of the most important and well-known political speeches of modern time by US presidents, politicians, world leaders and supporters that...

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Space Race Films 1957-1965 (2006)

Subject

History; Media studies; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), $9.99

14 films, including advertisements, newsreels, depicting the struggle between the US and the USSR to achieve supremacy in space

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Heroes: The Films of John Pilger 1970 - 2007 (2008)

Subject

History; Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2538 minutes), £30.00

"HEROES..." is the first, definitive collection of ground-breaking documentaries from John Pilger’s career as a world renowned film-maker, author and investigative journalist. The title, Heroes, is taken...

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