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New York: Making Connections (1999)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Despite stiff competition from elsewhere, New York has remained one of the world’s premier cities. Focusing on the economic connections that are concentrated on New York, the programme first shows how the...

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Geography, Film and Visual Culture - symposium

Date

25 Apr 2014, 15:04

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

Post

A one-day symposium Wednesday 30 April 2014 Nash Lecture Theatre, K2.31, King's Building Strand Campus, King's College London www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/filmstudies/eventrecords/2014/gfvc.aspx In...

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Megacities (2011)

Director

Michael Glawogger

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

This documentary explores the resourcefulness and imagination of people living in some of the world’s most overpopulated cities: Bombay, New York, Moscow and Mexico City.The film is a tale in twelve...

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Surviving Cities/City Futures (1999)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

With half the world’s population now living in cities, uses evidence drawn from examinations of New York, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Mexico City, Moscow, Sydney and Manchester to ask crucial questions about...

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Harrisburg (1979 Film)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Looks at the reactions to the nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Uses extracts from local radio coverage of the incident.

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Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (2017)

Director

Matt Tyrnauer

Subject

Architecture; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.99

In 1960, Jane Jacobs’ book The Death and Life of Great American Cities sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and...

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From the Ground Up: The Definitive Scoop on the Coffee Trade (2007)

Director

Su Friedrich

Subject

Agriculture; Economics; Geography; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), £95

This documentary shows the different phases involved in the production of a cup of coffee, travelling from Guatemala to South Carolina to New York City, to show each stage from growing, picking and...

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City, The (2009)

Director

Willard Van Dyke; Ralph Steiner

Producer

Ralph Steiner

Subject

Architecture; Geography; Music; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 132 minutes), £14.99

Based on the Lewis Mumford book, ‘The Culture of Cities’, which analyses the historical phases and modern social consequences of metropolitan life. Made for the 1939 New York World’s Fair ("The World...

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Century of the City Box Set (2011)

Director

Marije Meerman; Bregtje van der Haak; Rob Schröder

Subject

Architecture; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 205 minutes), 25.95 euros

The four DVDs in this box set are part of the cross-media festival Centuries of the City that the VPRO held in association with the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in September/October 2009 on...

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Natural Disaster Films 1905-1973 (2005)

aka: Natural Disaster Films - Earthquakes, Floods, Tornados & Hurricanes

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 150 minutes), $19.95

A compilation of footage of earthquakes, floods, tornadoes & hurricanes. Includes: 1936 PITTSBURGH FLOOD (PART II - PART I MISSING) (1936, 2:49, Silent); A TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET BEFORE THE FIRE (1906,...

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