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  1. In Search of Robert Burns (2013)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £12.99

    Documentary about Scottish poet Robert Burns, presented by David Hayman, who explores Burns’ life from his childhood to his rise to fame throughout the nation. The programme also includes a section in...

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  2. Robert Burns (1994 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £13.74

    A programme about Robert Burns from the ‘Famous Authors’ series of documentary biographies. Using film, archive documents, portraits, music and commentary, the programme presents not only a factual...

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  3. Yesterday’s Britain: ‘Doon the Watter’ (1988 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    A compilation of three short British Transport films. 1 (1966): Emotional qualities of life in Glasgow. Traces the Glasgow man from the inhabitant of a Clydeside hamleet tot he beneficiary and victim of a...

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  4. Great Britons (1978 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 60 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Portraits of famous personalties in British history. 1: Nelson was a hero in his own lifetime due to his series of victories against the French. He died splendidly on his own flagship at the hight of his...

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  5. Tyger, The Rose and the Pleasure Dome, The

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 3 x 15 minutes), £19.99

    Dramatisations and performances of poems written by major poets before 1914. Offers a wide range of poetry for analysis and interpretation.

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  6. Ken Burns’ America

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 600 mins), £39.99

    A collection of seven separate films on aspects of American history made by Ken Burns between 1981 and 1997.

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  7. Nobel Legacy, The (3 Parts) (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Medical sciences; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 60 min., 1998 sale: £19.95 (+VAT +p&p) each

    1: Dr Dudley Hershback, a 1986 Nobel Laureate for chemistry, examines the concept of chemical synthesis and explains its applications to everyday life. Features the stories of Alfred Nobel an of Robert Burns...

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  8. Frank Lloyd Wright (1997 Video)

    Director
    Ken Burns; Lynn Novick
    Producer
    Ken Burns; Shola Lynch; Peter Miller; Lynn Novick
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 146 minutes), £16.25

    Uses interviews and archival footage to tell the story of Frank Lloyd Wright, whose architectural achievements were often overshadowed by his melodramatic lifestyle. Among the building featured are the...

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  9. This Sceptred Isle - Scotland (1975 Video)

    Director
    Ronald Craigen; Kenneth Fairbairn; Edward McConnell; Joe Mendoza; James Ritchie; John Taylor
    Producer
    Edgar Anstey; Lionel Cole; Stewart McAllister
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 116 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

    A British Transport Films video compilation focusing on the highlands, coasts and cities of Scotland. 1 (1965, 17 min, director Edward McConnell, producer Edgar Anstey): Sketches the emotional quality of...

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  10. British Transport Films Collection Vol. 6: The Art of Travel (2007)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 250 minutes), £19.99

    The sixth in the series of double DVD box sets of films from the BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION. Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948 the British Transport Commission set up its own...

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