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Coming of Age (1999 Video)

aka: Romans in Britain, The: Coming of Age

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Focuses on what it was like for the inhabitants of Britain to be invaded and subjugated by the Romans. The initial rebellion and revolt by Boudicca was ruthlessly crushed, and a new, vibrant culture emerged....

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Blindsight (2009)

Director

Lucy Walker

Subject

Psychology; Social Studies; Sports science

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £15.99

An uplifting documentary that follows six blind Tibetan teenagers as they set out on a three-week expedition to climb the 23,000-foot peak Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest, led by two blind...

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Lavender Boys, The (2010)

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 18 minutes), £23.00

A short narrative film featuring John and Sid, an elderly gay couple, as they talk about being gay in 1960s Oxford, coming out and family reactions to them, the impact of the Stonewall Riots on the gay...

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Out at Work (2006)

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 15 minutes), £33.00

An animated programme by Leeds Animation Workshop illustrating the equality rights legislation as it affects lesbians, gay men and bisexual people at work. It tells six stories set in different workplaces,...

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In the Same Breath (2002)

Subject

Mental Health and Counselling; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 11 minutes), £19.95

Quentin’s wife committed suicide as a result of acute depression. Five years on he talks about this traumatic event and how his life has been affected. He is open about the emotions he has experienced, his...

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Five, The (1970 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 7 min.

Shows a girl getting into bed after coming home from a party. One of her feet protrudes from under the bed cover. The toes show in a number of flash-backs how they have been maltreated. A dream shows how...

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Dustbins in the Sky (1992 Video)

Director

Mike Lockey

Producer

Bob Thorpe

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Traces the development of news gathering from the 1890s through to the coming of satellites, from the days of the film to the days of video, from the time when news was always three days old to the time when...

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Open Up (2005)

Subject

Mental Health and Counselling; Social welfare

Distribution

Out of Distribution

A resource intended to help increase understanding of the issues around discrimination. It features: powerful clips of individuals with experience of mental distress talking about the discrimination they...

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Cup to Lip: The Origin of Instrumental Action (1972 Film)

Director

Allegra Anne May

Producer

Jerome S Bruner

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

How a seven-month-old girl reaches for and handles a cup. Deals with the child’s mastery of her environment, particularly of the environment of tools and implements that will aid her in carrying out her...

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Experimentation with Forest-Dwelling Chimpanzees in the Congo, 1964 (1986 Video)

Producer

A Kortlandt

Subject

Biology; Psychology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A record of the 3rd Netherlands Chimpanzee Expedition in the Congo (now ZaÔre). Part 1 (17 min) shows the chimps coming out of the forest, descending from the dormitory hill in the morning, transporting...

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