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  1. Trade Union Movement and the General Strike, The (1975 Audio)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 60 min.

    Discusses the development of the trade union movement culminating in the 1926 general strike.

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  2. A J Cook, Miners’ Leader 1926 (1984 Video)

    Director
    Philip Priestly
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20. min.

    Cook was national secretary of the Miners’ Federation in 1926. He is remembered by historian Paul Davies, Will Paynter, Dennis Skinner and Arthur Scargill. Comments on the General Strike are juxtaposed...

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  3. Battle of Lewes Road, The: Our History (1983 Video)

    Director
    Jan Mathew
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min.

    Demonstrates the use of primary and secondary sources in historical research. The first part of the programme focuses on a number of eyewitness reports of the Battle of Lewes Road, a famous Brighton incident...

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  4. Miners’ Film, The (1974)

    Subject
    Film studies; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 49 minutes), £8.00

    Documents the industrial action taken by miners in the winter of 1973-4 which helped to bring down Edward Heath’s Tory government. The strike is seen as part of the successful opposition against the...

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  5. Days of Hope (4 Parts) (1975 Video)

    Director
    Ken Loach
    Producer
    Tony Garnett
    Subject
    Drama; History
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 95, 100, 80, 135 min.

    A dramatised documentary series interpreting British labour history from a socialist angle. After depicting the plight of conscientious objectors in the First World War, and a significant sideways glance at...

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  6. Divide et Impera (Divide and Rule) (2015)

    Director
    Scott Noble
    Subject
    History; Politics & government; Social Studies

    The series examines early American history through an examination of class. Part 1 DIVIDE ET IMPERA includes sections on Mother Jones, the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; Reconstruction;...

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  7. Greatest Paper in the World, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Fleming
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Surveys the history of ‘The Times’ from the early influential editors to the strike in the late 1970s. The second half of the programme concentrates on Rupert Murdoch’s policies in running a paper and...

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  8. Benn Tapes, The (1994 Audio)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 115 min., 2000 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    Each night for over 25 years, Tony Benn, the Labour MP and former Secretary of State, dictated on to tape his account of the daily events at the heart of government, unburdening himself of the pressure and...

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  9. Lightning Does Strike Twice (1983 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Describes some of the physical mechanisms responsible for electrostatic charging of a thundercloud and the subsequent precipitation and electrical discharges resulting in lightning. The role of pointed...

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  10. Rumours at the Miners’ Fortnight (1983 Video)

    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    South Wales miners and their families on their annual holiday in Trecco Bay discuss their history, the General Election of 1983, the forecast pit closures, the Falklands War, and the future and past of South...

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