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Close Quarters (2002)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (75 min), £14.99 inc

A 1943 feature-length propaganda documentary about routine British submarine patrols and action in the North Sea off the coast of Norway. Based on a true story, using real Royal Navy submariners as the cast....

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Cloud-Capped Star, The (2002)

aka: Meghe Dhaka Tara

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 132), £19.99

A dark melodrama set in late fifties Calcutta ;about a refugee family and the struggle of Nita, the oldest daughter, to keep the afloat and together. It is a bitter critique of the family as an institution...

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Useful Life, A (2014)

Director

Federico Veiroj

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 67 minutes), £9.99

Fiction film about a film-programmer who is forced to change his way of life when the cinémathèque where he works is closed down. The character of Jorge is played by real-life film critic Jorge Jellinek.

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C++ Foundation Video Course (199 Video)

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Sale, 6 videocassettes. VHS. col. approx. 13 hours total., 1999 sale: £199.95 (+VAT +p&p)

A comprehensive video training course to enable C programmers to become proficient in C++ and object oriented techniques. Specifcally designed for video, the 12 subject presentations feature illustrations...

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Lenin in 1918 (1939 Film)

Director

Mikhail Romm

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Feature film. A sequel to LENIN IN OCTOBER.

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Passport to Pimlico (1949 Film)

Director

Henry Cornelius

Producer

E V H Emmett

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Feature film. A small urban community defies the attempts of Whitehall to suppress its independence.

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In the Land of the Deaf (1992)

aka: Pays des Sourds, Le

Director

Nicolas Philibert

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 99 minutes), £12.99

A quietly observational documentary about a deaf community and the experience of deafness, as told by the deaf. The condition is presented as a positive experience and the film is full of stories. DVD extras...

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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016)

Producer

Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (108 minutes)

Feature length film about controversial American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, featuring previously unreleased interviews with Mapplethorpe himself as well as family, friends and lovers.

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God’s Outlaw: The Story of William Tyndale (1986 Video)

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 93 minutes), £16.99

A biiographical feature film about William Tyndale, who translated the Bible into English from the Greek in the 16th century.

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Wellington: Victory at Waterloo (1993 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

The story of Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo in 1815 by Wellington, using footage of the Dino de Lorentis feature film made with 15,000 extras, as well as authentic modern re-enactments, 3-D graphics...

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