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  1. Street Art - Painting the City: London Paris Madrid (2008)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 22 minutes), £9.99

    The term ‘street art’ has evolved to define the more visual and engaging aspects of urban art, as opposed to simply text-based graffiti and tagging. This film follows cult figures such as Blek Le Rat,...

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  2. Fifty Million Years Deep (1976 Film)

    Producer
    Michael Bennett
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The ‘Jumbo’ piles beneath Cannon Street in the City of London, between which the Fleet Line tunnels run, go to a depth which represents fifty million years in time. Straight-shafted, under-reamed and...

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  3. Teaching Computers to Think (1991 Video)

    Director
    Gary Leach
    Producer
    Geoff Deehan
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    For the last 40 years computer scientists have been pursuing the dream of making a truly intelligent machine. The new breed of computers can work without programs. They are based on the human brain and can...

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  4. Indian Millipedes: Life History and Behaviour of ‘Streptogonopus Phipsoni’ (Pocock) (1983 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Adults of several species illustrate some of the variations in shape and size of millepedes. Compares general characteristics of millepedes with those of centipedes. Shows scenes of active mating. Shows...

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  5. Metro-Land with John Betjeman (1973)

    Producer
    Edward Mirzoeff
    Subject
    English language and literature; Geography; History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

    Presented by Sir John Betjeman, this is a nostalgic tribute to the people and places around the Metropolitan Line of the 1920s, and the change from the idyllic world of Betjeman’s youth into the sprawl of...

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  6. Work of Director Chris Cunningham, The (2003)

    Subject
    Media studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £17.99

    Chris Cunningham is one of the most innovative music video directors in the field. Combining a passion for special effects (he built a robot for the JUDGE DREDD movie and picked-up an Oscar nomination for...

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  7. 30s Britain Volume 1: Granton Trawler (2006)

    Director
    John Grierson; Alberto Cavalcanti; Humphrey Jennings; Ralph Elton
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

    Collection of five films from the GPO Film Unit. ‘Granton Trawler’ (1934) directed by John Grierson. About a trawler fishing on the Viking Bank. ‘Coal Face’ (1935) directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. An...

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  8. Night Mail - The Gpo Story (2013)

    Director
    Harry Watt; Basil Wright
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 126 minutes), £20.41

    This release includes THE GPO STORY (1986), BBC Arena’s tribute to the Unit featuring many of the original filmmakers, including Harry Watt, Basil Wright, Stuart Legg, Edgar Anstey, Chick Fowle, Pat...

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  9. Space on Earth, Series (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 25 min.

    The six programmes survey aspects of modern architecture and show many of the most striking and controversial buildings of the 20th century. 1: Looks at the reasons for public dissatisfaction with modern...

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  10. News for the Navy (1937 Video)

    Director
    Norman McLaren
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 10 min.

    The story concerns Evelyn, who sends a newsaper to her fiancé Bert Higgins AB, who has gone to sea on the ‘HMS Incredible’. On her mother’s advice she risks a penny-ha’penny stamp and addresses the...

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