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Statue of Liberty, The (2001 Video)

Director

Ken Burns

Producer

Ken Burns; Buddy Squires

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 58 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Traces the history of the construction of the Statue of Liberty and the evolution and meaning of the ideal of liberty which it represents. Follows sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s dream of a...

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Statue of Liberty, The: Building a Colossus (2001)

Director

Corin Watson

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 52 minutes), $139.99

It is the symbol of freedom the world over. a "Modern Colossus" to represent America to the world. But the Statue of Liberty was a French invention, a result of the vision of 19th century artist Frédéric...

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Defence of Liberty (1936 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Soviet propaganda shots of the effects of war behind Republican lines in Spain.

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From Romanticism to Realism

Director

Alain Jaubert

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 90 minutes), £19.99

Three 30-minute films from the Palettes series. The paintings studied are: Delacroix - Liberty Guiding The People; Ingres - The Turkish Bath; Courbet - A Burial At Ornans

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El Salvador: The Seeds of Liberty (1982 Film)

Director

Glenn Silber; Tete Vasconcellos

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Examines the position of the poor of El Salvador through interviews with military, government and church leaders, both in El Salvador and in the United States, and through interviews with the poor...

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Methods (1971 Film)

Director

Judit Vas

Subject

Education

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the results of four months of experiments with young children based on Kurt Lewin’s teaching methods. One group is taught blind obedience, the second, complete liberty and the third, understanding...

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Euskadi Hors d’Etat (1984 Video)

aka: Basque Country, The: A Stateless Nation

Director

Arthur McCaig

Subject

Politics & government; Spanish studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 99 min., 1999 sale: £50.00 (inclusive)

Examines the Basque-Spanish conflict, using archival material and interviews to illustrate events such as the bombing of Guernica in 1937, the execution of the Prime Minister Carero Blanco by Basque...

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Culture of Democracy, The (2006)

Director

Ari Ahola

Subject

Classical studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £15.99

A video essay on the birth of the constitutional state. The modern western parliamentary system was developed according to the Athenian model that was created in Greece 2,500 years ago. The video examines...

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Why Civil Liberties? (1994 Video)

Director

Billy Ridger

Producer

Billy Ridger

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 70 min., 1995 sale: £30.00 (+VAT and p&p)

Introduction to rights and civil liberties. Seven 10-minute video triggers using documentary and drama to explore rights and liberties, miscarriages of justice (M11 protest), freedom of expression, racism,...

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Il Dottor Churkill (1941 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A cartoon portraying Churchill as a Jekyll and Hyde figure. In the vaults of the spooky Bank of England Churchill mixes solutions of democracy, fraternity and liberty to produce a concoction which turns him...

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