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  1. March to Aldermaston (1958)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £24.98

    Record of Easter march in 1958. Made voluntarily by a group of film technicians. NB Only available as part of a compilation DVD entitled THE FREE CINEMA MOVEMENT

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  2. British Legends of Stage and Screen (2012)

    Subject
    Drama; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 413 minutes), £13.25

    This Sky Arts TV documentary series features interviews with some of Britain’s finest post-war actors, including Sir Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Sir Michael Gambon, Dame Diana Rigg, Sir Christopher Lee,...

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  3. Royal Hunt of the Sun, The (1969 Video)

    Director
    Irving Lerner
    Producer
    Philip Yordan
    Subject
    Drama; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes), £19.99

    Film version of the Peter Shaffer play recounting the Spanish conquest of Peru, when 167 conquistadors led by Pisarro killed 7000 of the Inca’s god-king Atahualpa’s army of 80,000 in a single battle. In...

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  4. "Hats - While you wait"

    Date released
    24 Jul 1930
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    477
    NoS ID
    332487
    Story no
    2 / 6

    NoS Summary - The way to make hats from crêpe paper is demonstrated. NoS synopsis: "The latest novelty in crêpe paper - the beach "sunshade-hat". Just a few minutes’ work." M/S of a woman standing...

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  5. Satyricon (1969 Video)

    Director
    Federico Fellini
    Producer
    Alberto Grimaldi
    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 124 min., 1996 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    Less an adaptation of Petronius’ tales than a free-form fantasia on his themes, showing the decadence of Rome in Nero’s reign.

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  6. O Dreamland (1953 Film)

    Director
    Lindsay Anderson
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shown in the first ‘Free Cinema’ programme, shows director Lindsay Anderson’s distaste for the noisy vulgarity of Margate’s Dreamland funfair. A critique is mounted through a careful montage of...

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  7. Free Cinema (DVD) (2006)

    Subject
    History; Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 314 +161 minutes), £29.99

    A compilation, on three discs, of 16 documentary films about British working-class life produced by the ‘Free Cinema’ movement. This highly influential but critically neglected movement in British...

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  8. Skaters’ Waltz

    Date released
    30 Jan 1930
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    452
    NoS ID
    332346
    Story no
    5 / 8

    British Pathe synopsis: The Skaters’ Waltz is demonstrated by Santos Casani and Jose Lennard, the famous teachers of ballroom dancing. "The Skaters’ Waltz is likely to revive old-time memories and...

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  9. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (2003)

    Subject
    Drama; Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes), £17.99

    Adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his novel about an angry young man. Arthur Seaton is a young labourer who just wants to get through the week and raise hell at the weekend. Albert Finney’s performance as the...

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  10. Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The (2003)

    Director
    Tony Richardson
    Producer
    Michael Holden; Tony Richardson
    Subject
    Literature; Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £17.99 (BFI)

    Feature film adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his own short story. A borstal boy finds freedom in the solitude of cross-country running. When his sporting prowess catches the eye of the governor he is coached...

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