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  1. Soap and Water (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at two aspects of water supply - the provision of abundant quantities of clean water and the consequences of that water being available. The building of the Thirlmere Dam in the Lake District in the...

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  2. Georges Méliès: Le Premier Magicien du Cinéma (2010)

    aka: Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema

    Director
    Georges Méliès; Georges Franju
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 896 minutes), 65.95 Euros

    Geoges Méliès built the world’s first movie studio in 1896 near Paris, from where he produced his films of fantasy, dream, historical reconstructions, imaginary journeys, melodramas, slapstick comedies;...

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  3. Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)

    Director
    Midge Costin
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £9.99

    A historical journey through sound design within cinema from its early beginnings to modern day blockbuster films, giving a behind the scenes look into how the most iconic film sound effects were created....

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  4. Fairy Tales: Early Colour Stencil Films from Pathé (1901)

    Director
    Georges Méliès
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 164 minutes), £19.99

    During the belle époque in turn-of-the-century Paris, a short-lived film form called ‘scènes de feeries’, or ‘fairy films’, was made popular thanks to the Pathé Frères company. The films...

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  5. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2019)

    Director
    Bill Morrison
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 121 minutes), £10.76

    Named as one of the best films of 2017 by more than 100 critics worldwide, this film tells the true story of a long-lost collection of over 500 nitrate film prints dating from the early 1900s found buried in...

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  6. Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)

    Director
    Steven Okazaki
    Subject
    Film studies; Japanese studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 77 minutes; 61 minutes), £14.99

    Nearly 20 years after his death, Toshiro Mifune remains a giant of Japanese cinema. Rich with archive footage and personal reminiscences from family and friends, this Keanu Reeves-narrated documentary shines...

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  7. Pioneers of African-American Cinema (1915)

    Director
    Oscar Micheaux; Zora Neale Hurston; Spencer Williams; James Gist; Eloyce Gist
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1309 minutes), £39.99

    Collection of features and shorts featuring examples of early African-American film: the so-called ‘race films’ of 1920s, 30s and 40s America which rallied against the prejudiced conventions of the...

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  8. Early Hou Hsiao-Hesien: Three Films 1980-1983 (1980)

    Director
    Hsiao-hesien Hou
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 282 minutes), £24.99

    One of world cinema’s most dynamic and highly regarded auteurs, Hou Hsiao-hsien has influenced entire generations of filmmakers and was once dubbed "one of the three directors most crucial to the future of...

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  9. Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein, The (1987)

    Director
    Gian Carlo Bertelli
    Subject
    Film studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 60 minutes), $7.49

    The life and work of Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948), the Russian film director. Includes rare material from archives around the world and previously unknown drawings and sketches from the Eisenstein Museum in...

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    Date released
    4 Sep 1939
    Series name
    The March of Time 5th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    352943
    Story no
    1 / 1

    Today’s Cinema synopsis: This issue of the famous series ... is devoted to the history of films from its early experimental beginnings to the flawless technique of to-day’s talkies. To a commentary which...

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