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Water Once a Day (1985)

aka: Water Once a Day: Town Women of Cape Verde

Director

Tamara Wyss

Subject

Anthropology; Environmental science; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 46 minutes), £20.00

In a poor suburb on the outskirts of the capital of Cape Verde, where one standpipe serves 3,000 people, and then only for three hours a day, Balila, who is 53 and blind, sells water. She has had a hard...

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Bitter Melons (1966 Film)

Director

John K Marshall

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows a small band of G/wi people in their desert environment as they engage in a variety of daily activities: making music, dancing, gathering roots and wild melons, setting a snare for a duiker, butchering...

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Why Planes Vanish (2014)

Director

Miles O’Brien; Tristan Quinn

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Television documentary. The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in 2014 stunned the world. In an era of smart-phones and GPS, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish? The programme tells the...

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The Road Ahead

Date released

19 Oct 1961

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1689A

NoS ID

024320

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Road Ahead. DESCRIPTION: It’s a Birmingham bottle-neck, the junction of Camp Hill and Coventry Road, Bordesley. Our pictures show work in progress, the building of a...

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The Government Retain South Hammersmith

Date released

28 Feb 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1030

NoS ID

015601

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Government Retains South Hammersmith. DESCRIPTION: After a hard fought campaign, the Government retains its Hammersmith seat. Mr Churchill, leader of the opposition, toured the...

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Ideal Homes Exhibition

Date released

4 Mar 1971

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2178A

NoS ID

028731

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ideal Home Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: Princess Margaret opens the 48th Ideal Homes Exhibition at Olympia. It’s the world’s biggest domestic shop window. An international flavour this...

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The Queen in New Zealand (In Colour)

Date released

18 Feb 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1759

NoS ID

024995

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Queen in New Zealand (In Colour). DESCRIPTION: Auckland’s annual regatta has been held for over a century, but the Queen’s visit to the Tamaki Yacht Club made this year’s...

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On Beauty (2015)

Director

Joannna Rudnick

Subject

Social Studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 31 minutes), $295

Documentary short about challenging norms and redefining beauty. ON BEAUTY follows fashion photographer Rick Guidotti, who left the fashion world when he grew frustrated with having to work within the...

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Something to See

Date released

6 Jan 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2066

NoS ID

027694

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Something to See. DESCRIPTION: Pilot a Vulcan Bomber - Meet a top-line Dee-Jay - Watch Fashion Shows - learn Speed Skating! It’s all happening at the Daily Mail’s New Year Show,...

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Race in the Frame (3 Parts) (1998 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 51, 33, 54 min., 2000 sale: £46.99 (inclusive) full pack

A video-based teaching pack examining images and representation across a range of genres on British television, and in particular at the representation of Africa in news and documentaries. Includes...

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