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  1. Marcus Gheeraerts II: Elizabethan Artist (2011)

    Subject
    Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 35 minutes), £14.99

    Marcus Gheeraerts II (1561/2-1636) was one of the great portrait artists of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he painted many of the leading Britons of the time,...

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  2. Media Screen Roundup - November 2015

    Date
    9 Dec 2015, 11:52
    Author
    Linda
    Post Type
    Post

    The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, and published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. A special issue of Word and Image on...

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  3. A Royal Occasion: From Victoria to Elizabeth II (2012)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 287 minutes), £19.99

    To coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the BFI has put together a collection of films from the the BFI National Archive on a range of royalty-related subjects, beginning as far back as 1896. The...

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  4. Coi Collection: Vol 7: The Queen on Tour (2012)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 234 minutes), £19.99

    To coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this seventh compilation of films made by the Central Office of Information (COI) presents colour footage of the Queen and the Royal Family travelling the...

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  5. Great Day (1956 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

    The opening by of Calder Hall, the world’s first nuclear power station.the world’s first nuclear power station, by HM Queen Elizabeth II. Describes the construction and design of the station, and shows...

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  6. War, Peace and Propaganda (1939 Film)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Released in the USA, June 1939. New York World’s Fair 1939 and its pavilions. Contents of the British Pavilion; King George and Queen Elizabeth visiting. Preparation for war activities in Europe including...

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  7. Queen is Crowned, A (2012)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 79 minutes), £8.40

    Brand-new restoration of the only feature-length colour record of the Coronation itself, filmed in Technicolor and featuring narration by Laurence Olivier. Also included in this set is PALACES OF A QUEEN, a...

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  8. Looking for Light (2014)

    Director
    Luke Dodd
    Producer
    Michael Whyte
    Subject
    Arts and Humanities
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £8.20

    A portrait of the photographer Jane Bown: her quiet determination working in an almost exclusively male world; her unique working method; and how the sorrow of her early childhood informed her unique...

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  9. Price of Memory, The (2014)

    Director
    Karen Marks Mafundikwa
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 83 minutes), £50.00

    In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II visited Jamaica for her Golden Jubilee Celebrations. While there she was petitioned by a group of Rastafarians for slavery reparations. For Rastafarians, reparations are linked to...

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  10. Went the Day Well? (1942)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Producer
    Michael Balcon
    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies; History; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes), £15.99

    Feature film from a story by Graham Greene. The village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops dsguised as British soldiers as part of Hitler’s plan for the invasion of Britain. Music by William...

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