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Trade Unions in France (1981 Audio)

Subject

French studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 45 min.

Explains how trade unions play a cardinal role in the economic and political system of contemporary France, and discusses their history, ideology, doctrine, structures, membership and finances. Includes...

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Videos and DVDs

Date

20 Apr 2017, 16:23

Author

Gabriel

Post Type

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Below is a list of newsreel and cinemagazine videotapes and DVDs currently available, with links to online video stores where applicable.   Historical Time Travel - Wartime Newsreels Features...

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Fighting to Fish / Un Siecle de Lutte (2004)

Director

Charles Menzies

Subject

Languages; Social sciences

Adapted from Dr. Charles Menzie’s book ‘Red Flags and Lace Coiffes’, this film uses animated archival images to tell the turbulent history of industrialisation and resistance over the last century in...

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Lyonnais, The: A Changing Economy (1996 Video)

Producer

G D Jayalakshmi

Subject

History

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An introduction to the human and social dimensions of economic history. Shows that industrialisation is not the uniform process it is often assumed to be. Illustrations from the French Lyonnais region in the...

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Will to Win, The (1987 Video)

Producer

Pam Taylor

Subject

Agriculture; Geography

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Looks at the ‘economic miracle’ brought about in Brittany chiefly as a result of the co-operative organisation of Brittany farmers. Considers the effects of the social history of Brittany, the effects of...

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Pakistan Zindabad: Long Live Pakistan (2008)

aka: Pakistan Zindabad: Longue Vie Au Pakistan

Director

Pascale Lamche

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 153 minutes), £24.99

Celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the creation of Pakistan, this video identifies the keys to understanding the country’s present through its political history. Ever since its creation in 1947,...

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His Master’s Voice (2009)

aka: Voix de son Maître, La

Director

Gérard Mordillat; Nicolas Philibert

Subject

Business studies; Economics; French studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (100 minutes), 20 Euros

The titans of 12 major companies, including Jacques Lemonnier of IBM France and Francois Dalle of L’Oreal, talk directly to the camera about power, hierarchy, trade unions, strikes, and self-management....

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Struggle for a Border (9 Parts) (1967 Film)

Director

Pierre l’Amare; Ronald Dick

Producer

Nicholas Balla; Ronald Dick

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Part 1: From the first contacts to the culminating conflict - the whole struggle of New England and New France, and the economic contest between the St Lawrence trade system and the Atlantic-Hudson system....

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Rossellini’s History Films - Renaissance and Enlightenment: Blaise Pascal, The Age of the Medici, Cartesius (2009)

Director

Roberto Rossellini (1906-177)

Subject

French studies; History; Italian studies; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 546 minutes), $59.95

"In 1963, Rossellini announced that he had abandoned cinema and would start working in television. He directed nine telefilms on historical subjects and six short documentaries, claiming TV could be used as...

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Louis Malle Documentary Collection, The

Director

Louis Malle

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 818 minutes), £51.86

Malle’s little known body of work as a documentary filmmaker shows both the discerning eye of a true artist and the investigatory skills of a great journalist. This collection includes: VIVE LE TOUR...

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