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Confessions of Winifred Wagner, The (1976 Film)

Director

Hans Jürgen Syberberg

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Winifred Wagner was born in Hastings, England. Orphaned, she was adopted by Karl Klindworth, a friend of Richard Wagner. In 1914 she was taken to Bayreuth; one year later she married Richard Wagner’s son,...

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Hogmanay

aka: Hogmanay: Told by Jimmy Reid

Director

Edward McConnell

Subject

Anthropology; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 40 minutes), £12.99

With its roots in religious festivals and ancient rituals to lure the sun back as it fell lower and lower in the winter sky, Hogmanay is a uniquely Scottish New Year festival known throughout the world....

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Literary Festival 2014: War and Memory

Subject

History; Literature

Panel discussion about the differing imperatives of the historian and the creative artist in response to the First World War. Richard Ormond is an art historian, co-author of the John Singer Sargent...

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Sustaining the Success of Festivals & Events: A Global Look at the Next 50 Years (2007)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1), $25.00

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the International Festival & Events Organisation, an international panel of event professionals was assembled to help look ahead to the next fifty years. They...

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Gelede: A Yoruba Masquerade (1969 Film)

Director

Francis Speed

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A study of the Gelede ritual which is found in Western Nigeria and amongst the Yoruba in Dahomey. The purpose of this ceremony is to propitiate the great mother and assure the placation of women with...

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You Can’t Polish a Nerd (2018)

Subject

Mathematics; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 109 minutes), £11.93

A recording of the third show from the 2017 tour of the Festival of the Spoken Nerd, a show by scientists turn comedians Matt Parker, Helen Arney and Steve Mould. In YOU CAN"T POLISH A NERD, the trio show...

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Never Stand Still: Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow (2011)

Director

Ron Honsa

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 74 minutes), $27.95

Filmed at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts, NEVER STAND STILL features performances and interviews with renowned dancers and choreographers Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Suzanne...

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Unity Through Culture (2011)

Director

Christian Suhr; Ton Otto

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), £50.00

Soanin Killangit is determined to unite the people and attract international tourism through the revival of culture on Baluan Island, Manus, Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific. He organises the largest...

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London in Festival Year 1951

Subject

Design; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 66minutes), £19.99

A collection of films in celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain. Features the last films made by Humphrey Jennings - FAMILY PORTRAIT, and Richard Massingham - BRIEF CITY, written for the Observer by...

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Much Better Start in Life, A (1952 Video)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 64 min., 2004 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

Seven selected official British government information films showing how Britain was portrayed in the early 1950s: 1) The Wonder Jet (1950, 19 min): In 1926 Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle (who appears in...

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