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Drifters/Caller Herrin’ (2002)

Director

John Grierson; Alan Harper

Subject

Agriculture; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 60 minutes), £19.99

Two films on North Sea herring fleets. One is the classic John Grierson film DRIFTERS and the other was made in 1947 for the Scottish Home Department.

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Gpo Story, The (1983 Film, Video)

Subject

Film & television production; Media studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the GPO Film Unit. Tells the story of the Unit from its beginnings with the Empire Marketing Board, through to wartime documentaries of the Crown Film Unit....

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Industrial Britain (1931 Video)

Director

Robert J Flaherty

Producer

John Grierson

Subject

History; Sociology; Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 21 min.

Looks at the craftsmanship involved in industrial processes. Shows both glassmaking and glassblowing for industrial and domestic use. In a steel works molten iron is poured into moulds. Steelwork is erected...

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Poster ‘Art’ Of the 1920s and 1930s (1991 Multimedia)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, 27 slides., 2005 sale: £35.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

A study of posters produced between the wars for the LMS and LNER railway companies, the Empire Marketing Board, Austin Reed and Shell-Mex. A variety of artists and styles is apparent in this collection, but...

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Poster Design (1991 Multimedia)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, 13 slides., 2005 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Posters taken from a collection owned by Manchester Metropolitan University. The text discusses the way art can be exploited in advertising, taking as examples advertising posters of the inter-war period...

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Interview with Ralph Bond (1988 Video)

Director

Alan G Burton

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 103 min.

An interview with the veteran documentary film-maker Ralph Bond. Ralph Bond was active in the formation of the Workers Film Society and speaks of the distribution of Soviet films in the early 1930s. He was...

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We Live in Two Worlds : Gpo Film Unit Volume 2 (2009)

Director

Len Lye; Harry Watt; Evelyn Spice; William Coldstream; Basil Wright; Stuart Legg; Alberto Cavalcanti; Norman McLaren; Lotte Reiniger; Pat Jackson; Humphrey Jennings; Richard Massingham

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 257 minutes), £24.99

The second of three double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit produced between 1936-1938. The collection is not just important in cinematic terms, but provides a valuable and...

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Britain in the Thirties (1939 Video)

aka: British Avant-Garde: The Thirties

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. silent/sound. 177 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

A compilation of short British avant-garde films from the 1930s - a decade marked by both the birth of British realism, and a surrealist influence from Europe.

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Addressing the Nation: Gpo Film Unit Volume 1 (2008)

Director

Alberto Cavalcanti; Len Lye; Humphrey Jennings; Basil Wright

Producer

John Grierson

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £24.99

The first of three deluxe double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit on DVD for the first time. The complete collection includes legendary filmmakers such as John Grierson, Len...

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