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LumiÈre and Company (1995 Video)

aka: LumiÈre y CompaÑia

Director

John Boorman; Costa Gavras; Peter Greenaway; Hugh Hudson; Andrei Konchalovsky; Patrice Leconte; Spike Lee; Claude Lelouch; Bigas Luna; David Lynch; Sarah Moon; Arthur Penn; Jacques Rivette; Fernando Trueba; Liv Ullmann; Wim Wendes; Zhang Yimou

Producer

Angel Amigo; Neal Edelstein; Fabienne Servan-Schreiber; Soren StÊrmose

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 88 min., 2001 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

To commenorate the centenary of the Lumière brothers’ first ‘motion picture’, David Lynch, Spike Lee, Wim Wenders, Zhang Yimou, John Boorman, Arthur Penn, Peter Greenaway, Claude LeLouch, Luis Costa...

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Music Hall Artists Compilation (1927 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. U-matic. sd/st. b&w. 30 min.

A collection of film material held in the National Film and Television archive. Contents: 1) RECORDS OF FAMOUS MUSIC HALL ARTISTS (4 min): a composite silent film of surviving fragmentary newsreel glimpses...

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Satellite Communications (1987 Video)

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Free loan Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min. Teachers’ and students’ notes supplied

Looks at satellite communications from Marconi’s pioneering work with radio waves to Arthur C Clarke’s vision of worldwide communication using geostationary satellites, to Intelsat VI. Other topics...

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Irish Ways (1989 Video)

Director

Arthur McCaig

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1999 sale: £50.00 (inclusive)

Considers from a Republican viewpoint the previous 20 years of military occupation in Northern Ireland. Contrasts the rich culture of the area with its violent economic and political history. Interviews with...

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Spoken English. Series 1 (1980 Video)

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 10, 11, 22, 11, 22, 20 min.

Programmes showing children engaged in activities designed to encourage their spoken English. The programmes are: THE OBJECT, TOP CHOICE, MIXED STORIES, THE DIARY, PATTERNS and JIGSAWS. Each programme...

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Hard Times: Academic Libraries in a Time of Financial Constraint (1978 Video)

Producer

P Whiteman

Subject

Librarianship

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 30 min.

Discusses problems arising in the provision of academic library services in a time of expenditure restrictions. Taking part in the discussion are Ian Rogerson, Librarian, Manchester Polytechnic; Arthur...

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History Through the Newsreel: The 1930s (4 Parts) (1976 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

1: Introduces the four-part series with a short summary of the social context of the British newsreels, including photographs of contemporary cinemas and figures for cinema attendances, followed by a...

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Awesome Giants of Steam (1997 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 52 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

A compilation of two short British Transport films.

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We Belong (1989 Video)

Director

Arthur Krasilnikoff

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 53 min.

Looks at the bush people of the Kalahari and their introduction to western civilisation. After centuries of living in their traditional way, gathering roots and fruit and hunting, (latterly in part of the...

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Broken Blossoms (1919 Video)

Director

D.W. Griffith

Producer

D.W. Griffith

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

DVD

A Chinese man comes to London with the hope that he can bring the message of Buddha to others. He falls in love with the daughter of a prize fighter anc cares for her when she is beaten. Their friendship...

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