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Glass Key, The (1942)

Subject

Film Studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 minutes), £9.99

An adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s novel about rival gangsters during Prohibition which later served as the uncredited basis for the Coen brothers’ ‘Miller’s Crossing’, this 1942 film stars Alan...

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Looking at Atoms (1996)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 24 minutes), £34.95

In order to see and observe microscopic structures, technical aids must be used, and the history of these various instruments is explored in part of this programme. From the eye, magnifying glass,...

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Motorcycle Fairings Package (199 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 39 min., 1999 sale: £50.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Compilation video on motorcycle body repair techniques. 1 (21 min): shows three repair methods for plastics used on motorcycles: hot-air welding, adhesive bonding and glass-fibre repairs. Also shows how to...

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David Blaine - Above the Below (2003)

Subject

Art; Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £19.99

Magician and performance artist David Blaine undertakes his most intense physical challenge yet when he attempts to endure 44 days of solitary confinement in a glass box suspended above the River Thames....

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Architectures 9

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 156 minutes), £14.99

The ninth volume in a series which looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. This volume features nine programmes: 'The Glass Galleon’ On...

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Leading Lights: A History of Decorative Domestic Windows from 1890 to the Present Day (1993 Multimedia)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, 48 slides., 2000 sale: £50.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Traces the history and techniques involved in the production of leaded lights. and features case examples and a range of archive drawings, together with information on the techniques used in the workshop of...

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Mycoplasma Pneumonia: Movement, Growth and Colony Formation (1969 Film)

Director

W Bredt

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows growth and motility of ‘Mycoplasma pneumoniae’, growing in liquid medium on motion of cells along the glass and the binary fission of the mycoplasma cells are demonstrated. In the last scenes the...

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Through a Glass Darkly 1 (1961 Video)

aka: Sasom I en Spegel

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Producer

Allan Ekelund

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

DVD

A four-character drama about a just-released mental patient, her husband, her father and her younger brother who spend the summer together on a secluded island. A study of the fragility of the human psyche...

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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (1998 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 35 min., 1998 sale: £36.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows Frank Gehry’s extraordinary museum building in northern Spain that resembles a gigantic abstract sculpture in titanium, glass and limestone. The exterior volumes are as visually stimulating as the...

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Woyzeck1 (1978 Film, Video)

Director

Werner Herzog

Subject

Drama; German studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A film adaptation of George Büchner’s unfinished play based on a true story of the soldier Johann Christian Woyzeck who was found guilty of murdering his mistress and executed in Leipzig in 1824.

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