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  1. Embers (1976)

    Director
    David R Clark
    Producer
    Katharine Worth
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution

    The radio play by Samuel Beckett.

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  2. Words and Music, By Samuel Beckett (1973 Audio)

    Director
    David R Clark
    Producer
    Katharine Worth
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette. 25 min.

    Samuel Beckett’s work for radio, with music specially written for this performance by Humphrey Searle, and played by the Sinfonia of London conducted by the composer.

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  3. Invasion from Mars: Or How Orson Welles Panicked a Nation (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Media studies; Psychology; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    On 30 October 1938, the Orson Welles Mercury Theatre group enacted a version, by Howard Koch, of H.G. Wells, novel ‘War of the Worlds’. It was transmitted live at 8pm standard time throughout the USA on...

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  4. Beaumarchais (196 Film)

    Producer
    Roger Stephane
    Subject
    Drama; French studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Armand Salacrou on Beaumarchais.

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  5. Voltaire 1 (196 Film)

    Producer
    Roger Stephane
    Subject
    French studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A general portrait of Voltaire and some features of his work by André Maurois. The emphasis is mainly on his life and social and historical background.

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  6. Eurovision Song Contest, The: Counting the Cost (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Roger Penfound
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Controlling the budget of the Eurovision Song Contest makes heavy demands on the host country’s national broadcasting authority. The programme looks at the role of the finance team who work behind the...

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  7. Reflecting on Conics 1 (1987 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Investigates the so-called reflection properties of conics. If a mirror is shaped like a conic and a light ray passes through one focus, it will be reflected to go through the other focus. This property is...

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  8. MoliÈre (196 Film)

    Director
    Peter Coltman
    Producer
    Peter Coltman
    Subject
    French studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Film (16mm, 106 minutes)

    Introduction to the life and work of the French dramatist and actor Molière. Using illustrations, his career is traced from fledgling actor to famous playwright and actor-manager. Argues that he was...

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  9. Chinese Schools (2008)

    aka: Chinese School

    Subject
    Education; Geography; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £17.00

    Documentary series about the hopes and dreams of a group of children at three schools in the small Chinese town of Xiuning, in rural Anhui. The programmes focus on the lives of a group of families, teachers...

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  10. Voices of History 1 (2004)

    Subject
    History; Media studies; Politics & government; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 145 minutes), £16.00

    This two-CD set features historic recordings from the Sound Archive of some of the most famous and influential people active from the early days of sound recording to the middle of the 20th century. Forty...

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