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  1. South: Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic (1919 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. silent with music. b&w/tinted. 81 min., 1999 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    A restored version of the 1919 film, photographed by Frank Hurley, of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s attempt to cross Antarctica in 1914-16. It both a historical document and a tribute to the courage of a small...

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  2. Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings (2002)

    Subject
    Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 min), £15.99 inc

    An exploration of the impact of cultural forces that inspired New Line’s epic motion picture adaptation of the first book of J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy ‘The Lord of the Rings’ - ‘The fellowship of...

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  3. Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1976)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 60 minutes), $19.95

    A biography of Samuel Coleridge Taylor followed by a reading of the poem by Michael Redgrave, accompanied by animated visuals.

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  4. Way Down East (1920 Video)

    Director
    D.W. Griffith
    Producer
    D.W. Griffith
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    DVD

    Epic story of a poor country girl sent to live with wealthy relations, seduced by a young landowner and flees across a frozen river.

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  5. Epic of Everest, The (2014)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 88 minutes), £19.99

    The 1924 Everest expedition culminated in the deaths of two of the finest climbers of their generation, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, and sparked an ongoing debate over whether or not they did indeed...

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  6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    Director
    Stanley Kubrick
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 139 minutes), £5.99

    The biggest box-office hit of 1968, Kubrick’s work remains the greatest science fiction film yet made and is among the most revolutionary, challenging and debated works of the 20th century. This...

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  7. I, Claudius (1991)

    Subject
    Classical studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 740 minutes), £44.99

    A television adaptation of two epic books by Robert Graves ("I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God"), originally broadcast in 12 parts on BBC Television in 1976 (the first part was a double-length episode)....

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  8. Iron Horse, The (2002)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 134 min), £19.99

    John Ford’s 50th film and his most famous of the silent era. Combines a conventional tale of double-dealing, vengeance and romance with a poetic sense of history, and an epic theme - unitinga nation by...

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  9. Crude (2010)

    Director
    Joe Berlinger
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 105 minutes), £14.99

    Joe Berlinger’s cinéma-vérité feature tells the epic story of one of the world’s largest and most controversial legal cases. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion "Amazon Chernobyl" case, CRUDE...

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  10. Napoleon (1927)

    Director
    Abel Gance
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 332 minutes), £34.99

    Originally conceived by Gance as the first of six films about Napoleon, this five-and-a-half-hour epic features full-scale historical creations of episodes from his personal and political life, that see...

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