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  1. Surviving Aberfan (2008)

    Director
    Steve Humphries
    Subject
    History; Social Studies

    Documentary about the Aberfan disaster in south Wales in October 1966. The people of Aberfan tell their stories of tragic loss, miraculous survival and heroic rescue. [60 minutes]

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  2. Island, The: An Historic Piece? (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Athol Fugard and John Kani, who together with Winston Ntshona devised ‘The Island’, trace the background of this fiercely funny and critical play. Set in the South African prison of Robben Island, where...

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  3. Class Revolt (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Gooding
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Reporter Michael Hastings joins parents in Oxfordshire in their fight to reverse education cuts. They were threatening a campaign of civil disobedience against the Conservative government that many had...

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  4. Savagery and the American Indian (2 Parts) (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Ken Kirby
    Subject
    Anthropology; History
    Distribution
    Hire (Survival International) Sale (BBC), Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 2000 hire: £5.00 (+p&p) for 2 weeks 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) set

    Looks at the history of the persecution by European settlers of the American Indian nations. In two parts: 1) Wildnerness; Shows how Puritan prejudices helped to generate false views of Indians; 2)...

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  5. African Renaissance (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Jay Naidoo, Minister for Communications in the new South African Government of National Unity, has a vision: every household will have a postal, telephone and Internet address. In a country where the end of...

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  6. Dreams from the Forest (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Dreams, myths and rituals are an essential part of life for the Mehinacu, one of the several Indian groups living in the Xingu Reserve in central Brazil. But since the white man discovered them nearly 50...

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  7. Sizwe Bansi is Dead (1977 Video)

    Director
    Andrew Martin
    Producer
    Andrew Martin
    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL) col. 60 min., 2000 sale: US$179.00 (+p&p)

    A live performance of Athol Fugards’ short play, done in collaboration with John Kani and Winston Ntshona, staged at the Royal Court Theatre in 1974, which is a ‘tour de force’ about repressive laws in...

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  8. Hopi Way, The (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1999 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the Hopi, who struggle to retain their traditions in the face of an encroaching modern world. Decades of exploitation by a British mining company have decimated the Hopi homelands and have split the...

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  9. Rhodes (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Scott Meek; Charles Salmon
    Subject
    Drama; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 9 x 50 min., 1998 sale: £250.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Television drama charting the life of Cecil Rhodes, controversial British adventurer and empire-builder, whose dream was to bring the entire world within the British empire. Filmed entirely on location in...

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  10. Weight on Their Minds, A (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Joanna Burge
    Subject
    Psychiatry; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The fear of being fat has spread to the classroom, with doctors reporting an alarming rise in anorexia nervosa among children as young as seven. Michael Delahaye reports on the young poeple now succumbing to...

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