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Diego Velazquez: The Painter of Painters (2008)

Director

Didier Baussy-Oulianoff

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 56 minutes), £17.99

This documentary traces the career of Diego Velazquez (1599-1660), the court painter and favourite of the Spanish King Phillip IV, who rose to prominence as one of the foremost portrait painters in Europe....

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Behind the Spanish Lines (1938 Film)

Director

Sidney Cole; Thorold Dickinson

Producer

Ivor Montagu

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Begins with conditions in Barcelona which had become the seat of the Republican government in October 1937. Shows a wide range of leading Republican politicians including Aguirre, Azaña, Companys, Martínez...

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Bacon’s Arena (2009)

Director

Adam Low

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 95 minutes), 17.05 euros (EFB)

BACON’S ARENA is widely acclaimed as the definitive documentary on the life of Francis Bacon. This special edition DVD which includes special features has been created to mark the centenary of his birth...

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Spanish Court and the Italian Renaissance, The (2001)

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL), £85.00

During the time when Christians, Jews and Muslims co-existed in Spain, there was a sharing of customs and ideas which is clearly seen in Seville today. The Alhambra in Granada testifies to the cultural...

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Eurofighter: Weapon of Mass Construction (2004)

Subject

Aviation; Business studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

The story of Europe’s biggest ever and most expensive defence programme. Surrounded by controversy, billions of pounds over budget and ten years late, the multi-role Eurofighters are finally being...

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Around the World with Orson Welles (2015)

Director

Orson Welles

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 158 minutes), £22.99

In 1955, Associated-Rediffusion commissioned Welles to make his first television production, inviting him to write, direct and host a mini series. Despite its title, the series was filmed entirely in Europe....

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Campanadas a Medianoche (1966 Film)

aka: Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

Director

Orson Welles

Producer

Emiliano Piedra

The story of Falstaff’s friendship with Prince Hal, and his rejection when the Prince becomes King, adapted chiefly from Shakespeare’s Henry IV Parts I and II, but also Richard II, Henry V and The Merry...

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History of Football, The: The Beautiful Game (6 Parts) (2002)

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 min each first 5 parts; 156 min part 6), £19.99 each part

A series with two titles per cassette, except Volume 3 which has 3 parts. Focuses on every aspect of the game from its humble beginnings to the multi-million pound industry it is today. Investigates the...

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