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First Look at Macbeth (1990 Video)

Producer

R.M. Curtis

Educational videotape. "For those about to study the play and for those who will never see or read it, here is a superbly acted paraphrase of Macbeth that concentrates on showing the excitement of...

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Children’s Film Foundation: Volume I: London Tales (1958)

Director

David Eady

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 114 minutes), £19.99

Collection of three films produced by The Children’s Film Foundation. The SALVAGE GANG (1958), directed by John Krish and featuring a young Frazer Hines and a cameo by Wilfred Brambel, is notable for its...

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Birth of Perspective, The

Director

Alain Jaubert

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 30 minutes), £19.99

Three 30-minute films from the Palettes series. The artists and paintings featured in this volume are: Sassetta - Polytque; Uccello - The Battle Of San Romano; Francesca - The Flagellation.

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Growth of Intelligence in the Preschool Years (1974 Video)

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. (PAL) col. 31 min., 1999 sale: $US125.00 (+p&p)

Children from infancy to age six perform tasks designed by Jean Piaget and his collaborators to reveal how intellectual thought develops and manifests itself in early childhood.

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People Vs. Paul Crump, The (1962)

aka: People Versus Paul Crump, The

Director

William Friedkin

Producer

Sterling Quinlan

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $29.95

Before directing THE FRENCH CONNECTION and THE EXORCIST, William Friedkin made this documentary. On March 20, 1953, five black men robbed a meatpacking plant in Chicago’s Union Stock Yards. Their getaway...

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Faithful Departed (1967 Film)

Director

Kieran Hickey

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Traces the life of James Joyce from childhood to adolescence, concentrating on 16 June 1904, using photographs from Dublin’s National Library.

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Spotlight on North Croydon

Date released

8 Mar 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

979

NoS ID

014984

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: North Croydon By-Election. DESCRIPTION: The three candidates for the North Croydon By-Election emerge from the Town Hall after their nominations. They are Air Vice Marshal Donald...

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Zimbabwe Countdown (2010)

Director

Michael Raeburn

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56 minutes), £15.99

Documentary filmmaker Michael Raeburn was a supporter of the man once hailed as the ‘saviour of Zimbabwe’, Robert Mugabe. This film examines how the self-stylised liberator became a dictator and how the...

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Romeo and Juliet: A Critical Guide (1997 Video)

Series

Themes of Shakespeare

Director

Peter Balderstone

Professor Stanley Wells and Dr Russell Jackson of the Shakespeare Institute, and Dr Robert Smallwood of the Shakespeare Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon, discuss issues arising from the study of Shakespeare’s...

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German Story (1956 Film)

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A history of German militarism from 1900 to 1945. Story of World Wars 1 and 2. Political and economic forces at work in Germany at the turn of the century and the rise of Hitler between the wars.

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