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  1. Song of Ceylon (1934 Film)

    Director
    Basil Wright
    Producer
    John Grierson
    Subject
    Anthropology; Economics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The traditional customs of the island of Ceylon are contrasted with the demands of western commerce. In four parts: 1) THE BUDDHA, deals with the legendary coming of Buddha to free the natives from their...

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  2. Scotland Calling: At the Empire Exhibition 1938 (1938)

    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (154 minutes), £18.99

    A 2-DVD compilation of films made at and for the Empire Exhibition of 1938, which was held in Glasgow. DVD 1: Seven films made under the direction of John Grierson to spotlight Scotland: FACE OF SCOTLAND:...

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  3. Coal Face (1935 Video)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Producer
    John Grierson
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire (film - BFI), Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 10 min.

    Coalmining in Britain in the 1930s - conditions and state of the industry in the economy at that time. Set to verse by W H Auden, with music by Benjamin Britten.

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  4. Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930 - 1950 (2008)

    Director
    Paul Rotha; Arthur Elton; Basil Wright; Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 720 minutes), £34.99

    A collection of 40 films from the British documentary movement during its period of greatest influence. These films capture the spirit and strength, concerns and resolve of Britain and its people before,...

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  5. They Also Serve (1940 Film)

    Director
    Ruby Grierson
    Producer
    John Taylor
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A tribute to the British housewife. Set in the format of a day in the life of a ‘typical’ household, shows how the housewife/mother has in her own way contributed much to the war effort. Unlike many of...

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  6. Britain in the Thirties (1939 Video)

    aka: British Avant-Garde: The Thirties

    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. silent/sound. 177 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

    A compilation of short British avant-garde films from the 1930s - a decade marked by both the birth of British realism, and a surrealist influence from Europe.

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  7. Home Front Britain with Jim Carter (2011)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings; Ruby Grierson; Jack Lee; Brian Desmond Hurst
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 270 minutes), £19.99

    The six-part documentary series, Home Front Britain With Jim Carter, looks at the British home front during World War II. Presented by British actor Jim Carter, the series explores the archives of British...

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  8. Merchant of Venice, The (1949 Television)

    Director
    Desmond Davis
    Producer
    Desmond Davis

    Post WW II production by Donald Wolfit and his company showing Rosalind Iden (Portia) and Donald Wolfit (Shylock) performing the trial scene from The Merchant of Venice.

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  9. Dreamcatcher (2015)

    Director
    Kim Longinotto
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 98 minutes), £9.99

    DREAMCATCHER profiles activist, and former prostitute, Brenda Myers-Powell and looks at the hidden world of prostitution and sexual trafficking through the eyes of one of its survivors, A former teenage...

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  10. Measure for Measure (2020 Video)

    Series
    RSC Live from Stratford Upon Avon
    Director
    Gregory Doran

    Live recording of Gregory Doran’s 2019 production set at the turn of the 20th century in Vienna.

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