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  1. Royal Palaces: Images of Power (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines six royal palaces built in the 17th century, looking at the symbolic purposes for which they were constructed - as expressions of authority and power and to strengthen the realm. Shows the...

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  2. Scientific Community in Seventeenth-Century England, The (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    History; Science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The foundation of the Royal Society, and the nature of the scientific community within which it functioned. There were few professional ‘scientists’ in the modern sense in late 17th-century Britain, but...

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  3. Secret Powers of Time, The (2010)

    Subject
    Psychology

    Audio and video recordings of a lecture given on 25 March 2010 at RSA (the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) by Philip Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at...

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  4. History of Microscopy, The (4 Parts) (1980 Video)

    Director
    Nicholas Salmon
    Producer
    Nicholas Salmon
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 61, 60, 55, 60 min., 1999 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p) (part 2)

    1: W Gilbert Hartley in conversation with Philip C Robinson: a survey of light microscopy. 2: An illustrated lecture with slides and demonstrations by Gerard Turner of the Royal Microscopical Society. 3: P C...

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  5. Coi Collection: Vol 7: The Queen on Tour (2012)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 234 minutes), £19.99

    To coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this seventh compilation of films made by the Central Office of Information (COI) presents colour footage of the Queen and the Royal Family travelling the...

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  6. Mantegna: The Triumph of Caesar (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines ‘The Triumph of Caesar’, a series of nine canvases painted in the late 15th century by Andrea Mantegna. They were painted for the Gonzaga family in Mantua and are now in the British Royal...

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  7. Dreams Are the Worst (1985 Video)

    Director
    Philip Saville
    Producer
    Penny Webb
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 30 min.

    Drama concerning a young man’s efforts to integrate himself into society after a near fatal car crash. We see through his eyes a world that is frequently insensitive to the needs of people with...

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  8. War in the Air (2 Parts) (1954 Video)

    Producer
    John Elliot
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 196 (2-video pack), 224 min (2-video pack)., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) each

    Television documentary series on aerial warfare 1935-1950, broadcast as 15 half-hour programmes, with material selected from nearly 12 million feet of Allied and enemy film footage, emphasising the role of...

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  9. Royal Hunt of the Sun, The (1969 Video)

    Director
    Irving Lerner
    Producer
    Philip Yordan
    Subject
    Drama; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes), £19.99

    Film version of the Peter Shaffer play recounting the Spanish conquest of Peru, when 167 conquistadors led by Pisarro killed 7000 of the Inca’s god-king Atahualpa’s army of 80,000 in a single battle. In...

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  10. Newtonians, The (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the influence of Newton on scientific thinking in the 18th century, and the rise of what became known as Newtonianism. Discusses ‘Principia Mathematica’ and ‘Optics’, which gave rise to the...

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