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Virgin Queen, The (2005)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 246 minutes), £19.99

A television dramatisation of the long and eventful life of Queen Elizabeth. It explores the full sweep of her life: from her imprisonment as a teenage princess at the hands of her half sister Queen Mary to...

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Honey Pot, The (1967)

Director

Joseph L Mankiewicz

Subject

Drama; English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 126 minutes), £19.99

The Honey Pot is based on ‘Volpone’, the play by Ben Jonson. Rex Harrison stars as international playboy Cecil Fox, who decides to pretend he’s dying in order to find out what his three old flames will...

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Lubitsch in Berlin: Six Films 1918-1921 (1918)

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 439 minutes), £24.99

This set collects six recently restored works from the silent phase of Lubitsch’s career, and casts new light on the director both as a fully-formed comic master, and as a virtuoso of cinematographic...

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Heat and Dust (1983)

aka: Heat & Dust

Director

James Ivory

Subject

History; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 130 minutes), £19.99

A young historical researcher, inherits letters written by her great aunt Olivia and becomes obsessed with their revelations of her past in colonial India. Flitting between the present-day and the 1920s, the...

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Pantomime in Scotland: A Celebration of Scottish Pantomime on Film

Subject

Drama; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 165 minutes), £18.95

Archive silent film from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s with a specially recorded musical soundtrack. Providing a unique insight into a forgotten golden age of pantomime, these films from the collections of the...

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History of Advertising, The - Animation 1930 - 1940 (2005)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 56 minutes), £15.99

A compilation of American animated advertising from the 1930s. This DVD features work from some of the great production houses of the time including Jam Handy, John Sutherland, Fleischer Studios and Walt...

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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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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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David Starkey’s Elizabeth (4 Parts) (2003)

aka: Elizabeth

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 197 minutes), £19.99

Professor David Starkey chronicles the story of Queen Elizabeth I, first broadcast in 4-parts on Channel 4. The series uses a combination of tableaux, testimony from descendants, contemporary documents,...

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Early Russian Cinema (1991 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, 10 videocassettes. VHS. b&w. 45, 55, 58, 55, 45, 94, 95, 104, 100, 72 min., 1995 sale: £165.00 (+p&p) set

An anthology in ten volumes of Russian filmmaking from the early years of the 20th century. The films were rediscoved at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 1989. This selection was made by Ian Christie...

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