British Universities Film & Video Council

moving image and sound, knowledge and access

Results

Full access to all collections is a privilege of BUFVC membership. If you are already a BUFVC member, please log in. Otherwise you may join now.
11-20 of 46 results | Page 2 of 5
« First
12345Next ›
Last »
Sort results by

  1. Knights and Armour (1994 Video)

    Director
    Andy Stevenson
    Producer
    Sue Hayes
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min.

    Reconstructions at various medieval sites present a picture of the age of chivalry. Visits Austria’s Graz Collection of Armour, showing the evolution of armour and chain mail, and tells the story of the...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  2. Pygmies, The (1974 Film)

    Director
    Herbert Risz
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A study of how the Pygmies of the Congo (Brazzaville) live. Deals with their relationship with government officials and with their sedentary Bantu neighbours. The Pygmies, reluctant to change, discuss...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  3. Optical Illusions (1956 Film)

    Producer
    Hubert Rohracher
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows illusions of 1) size by contrast and perspective, 2) motion with Exner’s spiral, 3) apparent motion (which is the basis of cinematography), and 4) pattern by rays across a square, by light and dark...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  4. Empfang Adolf Hitlers in Wien Am 14 Marz 1938 (1938 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Adolf Hitler’s reception in Vienna on 14th March 1938. His arrival at the Heldenplatz, where he is welcomed by Dr Seyss-Inquart. Excerpts from Hitler’s speech from the balcony of the Hoffburg,...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  5. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2001)

    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 122 minutes), £19.99

    Between December 1938 and September 1939 a large group of children, mostly Jews, were sent by their parents from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia to the safety of England where foster families took care...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  6. Warning in the Dark (1954 Film)

    Director
    T Erismann; I Köhler
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes an experiment with ‘Fernsinn’, the apparent sixth sense developed by blind people, which warns them of the presence of solid objects. Using a particularly sensitive man who has been blind from...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  7. Adolf Loos (1975 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Design
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at a number of buildings in Vienna designed by Adolf Loos - including the Goldmann and Salatsch store, Knize’s the Scheu house and the Moller house - to illustrate Loos’ characteristic handling of...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  8. Michael H. - Profession, Director (2013)

    Director
    Yves Montmayeur
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £15.99

    A documentary about Austrian filmmaker and screenwriter Michael Haneke, featuring interviews with actors who have worked with him throughout his career, including Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche and...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  9. Megacities (2011)

    Director
    Michael Glawogger
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

    This documentary explores the resourcefulness and imagination of people living in some of the world’s most overpopulated cities: Bombay, New York, Moscow and Mexico City.The film is a tale in twelve...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  10. Wasting the Alps (1989 Video)

    Director
    Christopher La Fontaine
    Producer
    Christopher La Fontaine
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the threat to the Alps environment caused by pressures from tourism, the decline of mountain agriculture and acid rain. Show areas in Austria, France and Switzerland where efforts are being made to...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
About marked records »
11-20 of 46 results | Page 2 of 5
« First
12345Next ›
Last »
Sort results by
77 Wells Street
London, W1T 3QJ
Tel. 020 7393 1500
E-mail: ask@bufvc.ac.uk
Twitter: @LearnonScreen