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Yellow Star, The (1980)

aka: Holocaust: The Yellow Star

Director

Dieter Hildebrandt

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 84 minutes), £14.99

Attempts to cast light on the causes of the crimes against the Jews under the German National Socialist reign of terror. Documents the history of the persecution of the Jews in Europe between 1933 and 1945...

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Seagull, The (2002)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 115 min), £14.99 inc

A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin (Frank Langella), an aspiring...

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Oedipus the King (1995)

Director

Harry Love

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 minutes), £35.00

A performance of ‘Oedipus Rex’ translated and directed by Dr Harry Love, with music for the choruses by Michael Norris. Principal roles are played by professional actors; other parts by staff and...

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Cars That Made Us, The

Subject

Design; Engineering; Social Studies

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 344 minutes), £4.65

This series explores the automobile industry of Great Britain during the 20th century: from the iconic Triumph Spitfire to timeless classics such as the E-Type Jaguar and the futuristic Aston Martin Lagonda;...

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Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’ (1998)

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 70 minutes), £35.00

A production of ‘Antigone’ performed by the Classics Department of the University of Otago, New Zealand. The play expands on the theme of divine versus human law. Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, wishes to...

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Pompeii: Life in a Roman Town (2013)

Director

Paul Elston

Subject

History

Distribution

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

Television documentary. Cambridge Professor of Classics, Mary Beard, presents new insights into the lives of the people who lived and died in Pompeii, based on the discovery of 54 skeletons in a cellar in...

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True Story of the Guinea Pig Club, The (1991 Video)

Subject

History; Medical sciences

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

Filmed at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Guinea Pig Club, formed at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, in 1941 where Sir Archibald McIndoe set up a specialised to treat badly burnt pilots and...

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Take a Seat! Chair Design in the Twentieth Century (2003)

Subject

Design

Distribution

Slide (Slide Set, 24), £30.00

Throughout the twentieth century the basic form of the chair was subject to major innovations and sometimes even radical rethinking, often prompted by the emergence of new materials and production...

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Weird and Wonderful Maths (2013)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £10.00

DVD containing two separate talks on the subject of shapes, proof and waves, aimed at GCSE pupils, aged 13 - 16. In MATHS, MYSTERY AND THE ELECTRIC GUITAR, David Acheson shares some of his favourite...

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Winslow Boy, The (1998 Video)

Director

David Mamet

Producer

Sarah Green

Subject

Drama

Distribution

DVD

A courtroom drama adapted by David Mamet from Terence Rattigan’s play ‘The Winslow Boy’, based on a true story. Follows a father’s struggle in the face of bankruptcy and personal ruing for justice...

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