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Under the Skin (1988 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1994 sale: £25.00

Shows that resources devoted to plastic surgery research are insufficient, as was evidenced following the King’s Cross fire in November 1987. Many people suffered extensive burns, highlighting the need for...

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Johnnie’s Boys (1994 Video)

Director

Gerald Burns

Producer

Gerald Burns

Subject

Art

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. 28 min.

Painter and illustrator John Minton, remembered by Bobby Hunt and Owen ‘Oska’ Wood, two of his students at Camberwell Art College at the end of World War 2. Rich and well-educated, Minton introduced his...

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Prohibition (2011)

Director

Ken Burns; Lynn Novick

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 360 minutes), $34.99

Three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the...

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Amazing Lives: Life After Burns (2007)

aka: My Shocking Story: My Coma Miracle

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £20.00

Mike Osborne almost lost his life when his plane exploded in a fireball leaving him with 80% burns. This film follows Mike’s recovery and his painful search to restore the face that once was. His search...

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Yesterday’s Britain: ‘Doon the Watter’ (1988 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

A compilation of three short British Transport films. 1 (1966): Emotional qualities of life in Glasgow. Traces the Glasgow man from the inhabitant of a Clydeside hamleet tot he beneficiary and victim of a...

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Address, The (2014)

Director

Ken Burns

Subject

Education; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

Ken Burns’ documentary interweaves the history of the Gettysburg Address with a chronicle about a special school in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont. Each year, fifty students, boys from the...

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If the Worst Happens (1993 Video)

Director

Hilary Bryans

Producer

Hilary Bryans

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £21.95

Eight 9-minute programmes looking at emergency first aid for infants, children and young teenagers. Emergencies are re-enacted, analysed and the recommended procedures and treatments demonstrated. Topics are...

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First Aid (4 Parts) (1996 Video)

Subject

Health & safety

Distribution

Hire (Videotel only) Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 4 x 15 min., 2000 hire: £95.00 (+VAT +p&p) each for 5 days (Videotel) 2000 sale: £395.00 (+VAT +p&p) each (Videotel)

Series produced in association with the British Red Cross demonstrating basic life-saving procedures and the appropriate treatment for common injuries. 1: Deals with resuscitation and demonstrates the...

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Recording Rowntree (1992 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 53 min.

Interviews the painter Kenneth Rowntree in his studio near Corbridge, Northumberland, accompanied by examples of his work and archive stills. Provides a record of the working life of a significant painter...

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Great Britons (1978 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 60 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Portraits of famous personalties in British history. 1: Nelson was a hero in his own lifetime due to his series of victories against the French. He died splendidly on his own flagship at the hight of his...

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