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Look at Life: Volume 6 - World Affairs (2012)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 720 minutes), £14.39

This collection from the LOOK AT LIFE series presents films encompassing world affairs in the 1960s, from a visit behind the Iron Curtain to the fun and sun of Copacabana beach, from the plight of Tibetan...

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When the News Isn’t Good (1993 Video)

Director

Tony Jaques

Producer

David Cleverly; Liz Hopper

Subject

Medical sciences; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1993 sale: £60.00 (inclusive) VHS

Demonstrates good practice in the breaking of bad news, and offers insights into problems commonly seen in such situations. Centred around three dramatic scenarios that show typical situations where health...

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Look at Life: Volume 7 - Business and Industry (2012)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 552 minutes), £10.07

This collection from the LOOK AT LIFE series presents sixty films whose subjects cover the broad range of business and industry: from building cars to growing tulips and from deep-sea trawling to...

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Facts Don’t Speak for Themselves (1986 Video)

Producer

Clare Falkner

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

Scenes of conflict at the Orgreave coking plant, taken from BBC News, are analysed to show how different theoretical viewpoints can lead to different interpretations of the facts. Examines the controversy...

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Warwork News. No 39 (1944 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

'Warwork News’ is a series of short newsreels produced during World War 2 for distribution in British factories. 1) ‘New pipeline serves Allies in Italy’: a short story on the supply of petrol to the...

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50 Years of BBC News (2004)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £9.99

To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of BBC News on television, the BBC have produced a series of programmes that look back on the past five decades of BBC News. Incorporating groundbreaking stories with hard...

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Abc News: Lifting the Fog - The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2002)

aka: Lifting the Fog - The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 70 minutes), $19.98 (+p&p)

A provocative investigation into the historical motives that led to the U.S. decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.

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Four Hours a Year: The Making of "The March of Time" Newsreel (1974)

Director

John Musilli

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 56 minutes), £95.00

"The March of Time" newsreel series covered the news for motion picture audiences before television, 1935 to 1951. This documentary features interviews with its creative team of Louis de Rochemont, producer,...

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TÉlÉ-Textes (1994 Video)

Subject

French studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2006 sale: £45.00 (+VAT +p&p)

French language-learning video containing 18 news extracts from the French television news programme LE JOURNAL DE 20 HEURES. ‘Présentations’ introduce each extract and highlight key vocabulary.

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Breaking Bad News 1 (1997 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Patients recall the manner in which they were presented with bad news about their health by professionals, and how they believe it could have been better managed.

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