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Lost Garden, The: The Life and Cinema of Alice Guy-BlachÉ (1995 Video)

Director

Marquise Lepage

Producer

Josée Beaudet

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Hire (film) Sale (video), Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 53 min.

Biography of Alice Guy-Blaché, the world’s first woman film-maker who, from the moment she saw the Lumière brothers’ first moving picture, fell in love with movies and progressed to director of all...

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Early Women Filmmakers, 1911-1940 (1902)

Director

Maya Deren; Leni Riefenstahl; Germaine Dulac; Lotte Reiniger; Dorothy Arzner; Mary-Louise Iribe

Subject

Film studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 652 minutes), £44.99

More women worked in film during its first two decades than at any time since. Unfortunately, many early women filmmakers have been largely written out of film history, their contributions undervalued. This...

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Rainbow Dance (1936 Video)

Director

Len Lye

Producer

Basil Wright

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. Gasparcolour. 4 min.

A mixture of live action an animation in which the actions of a live dancer combine with shimmering colour fantasies to illustrate the advantages of saving. The message is: ‘The Post Office Savings Bank...

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Final Reel, The (2016)

aka: The Final Reel: The Story of Our Love Affairs with Cinemas

Director

Jonathan Blagrove

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £10.99

From the early days of silent cinema, through the golden age of the picture palace to the modern multiplexes and beyond, this documentary takes an affectionate and entertaining look at Britain’s obsession...

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Techniques and Issues in Early Animation (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, 30 slides., 2000 sale: £32.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Demonstrates the techniques and concerns of early animation, particularly in the USA, during the period 1908-27. The text deals with issues raised by the wide range of animation produced both in the USA and...

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Cycle Centenary

Date released

19 May 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2085

NoS ID

027855

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cycle Centenary. DESCRIPTION: It’s the hundredth anniversary this year of the first Bicycle Race, from Paris to Rouen. A Moving Picture Show, forerunner of the Cinema, and a Centenary...

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Bollywood and Beyond (2002)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £34.99

A video-based training pack offering an introduction to Indian cinema. It is the largest cinema in the world, but only in recent years has it started to gain recognition in the West. The video contains a...

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Finis Terrae (1929)

Director

Jean Epstein

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 80 minutes), £26.00

Two young men eke out a living by harvesting seaweed to burn for prized soda. When one of the cuts his thumb and an infection set in, it challenges the boundaries of their relationship and galvanises the...

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Early Cinema Commercials: Animation (1991 Video)

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min., 1999 sale: £15.45 (inclusive)

Compilation of six short films from the GPO Film Unit featuring some early revolutionary work by noted animators Len Lye, Lotte Reiniger and Norman McLaren. [See individual titles for synopsis details.]

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Edinburgh Festival

Date released

3 Sep 1970

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2152A

NoS ID

028473

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh Festival. DESCRIPTION: The 24th Edinburgh Festival presents its annual kaleidoscope of the Arts. Opera, Choral and Orchestral Concerts, a feast of theatre, exhibitions ranging...

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