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Leather: The Unquenchable Thirst (India) (1994 Video)

Director

Frank Vellenga

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

In the past 20 years or so, the leather industry has shifted its activities from the West to countries like India, where labour is cheap and environmental regulations far less stringent. Meanwhile leather...

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Celluloid Man (2012)

Director

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 164 minutes), £12.99

CELLULOID MAN is a tribute to film archivist and obsessive cinephile P.K. Nair, a man whose childhood fascination with cinema finally led to the creation of the National Film Archive of India. In a country...

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Mark Tully’s India (1997 Audio)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. ? min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

Mark Tully looks back on more than two decades as the BBC’s correspondent in India. With additional observations recorded separately, this compilation represents a record of his broadcasts that provides...

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Energy Security: India’s Sustainable Solutions

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 28 minutes), £49.00

India faces a major energy crisis because of its rapid population growth and industrialisation, but traditional energy sources won’t be enough to meet all of its future needs. This geography DVD resource...

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Scenes of Viceregal India 1938-9 (1975 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A compilation of material from the personal film collection of the second Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy and Governor-General of India between 1936 and 1943. Scenes show aspects of the Viceroy’s life and...

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Kathak (1973 Film)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Illustrates elements of spatial patterning, sex differentiation, physical articulation, costume and instrumentation.

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Gothic in India: Bombay Railway Station (1999 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The Victorian Gothic Revival-style Victoria Terminus Train Station in Bombay was built as an expression of British power and wealth in India, but it also reflects a meeting point of two cultures. Its...

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Bhopal: A Lingering Tragedy (1985 Video)

Producer

John Bridcut

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 2000 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Six months after a cloud of lethal gas escaped from the Union Carbide factory in December 1984, poisoning the city of Bhopal in India, there are legal disputes over claims for compensation and culpability,...

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Cloud-Capped Star, The (2002)

aka: Meghe Dhaka Tara

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 132), £19.99

A dark melodrama set in late fifties Calcutta ;about a refugee family and the struggle of Nita, the oldest daughter, to keep the afloat and together. It is a bitter critique of the family as an institution...

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Ajrakh: Mordant Resist, Batik and Tie Dye (2000)

Producer

Janet Willougby

Subject

Anthropology; Crafts

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £14.99

Ajrakh is the last type of cloth to be made by the mordant-resist process, which was used for over 1000 years in India; its detailed patterns were introduced by the Moghuls and are reputed to be of Sufi...

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