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  1. Deer Farming (1978 Video)

    Producer
    Pat McCurry
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The Scottish Highlands are the traditional home of the red deer, which have provided an expensive sport rather than a source of meat. Farming in these areas has been mainly restricted to sheep rearing which...

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  2. Scotland in the Enlightenment (1993 Video)

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

    Looks at buildings and paintings of 18th-century Scotland and discusses them in the context of the society, politics and intellectual currents of the time, particularly in relation to the Enlightenment....

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  3. In Great Waters (1973 Film)

    Director
    Laurence Henson
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A general view of small boat fishing on the west coast of Scotland. Examines the problems of catching and marketing. Shows a variety of fishing methods.

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  4. March of Aluminium, The (1987 Video)

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

    In the mid-19th century aluminium was a precious metal. By the 1930s it was a bulk material, used in aircraft manufacture, electrical cables, kitchenware and motor cars. By 1950 its applications were...

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  5. West Highland (1939)

    Director
    John Gray; Charles Heath; Edward McConnell
    Subject
    History; Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 85 minutes), £20.41

    Collection of four transport films about railways in the Scottish Highlands. The first, John Gray’s WEST HIGHLAND (1960) is about the last days of the steam train on the West Highland line between Glasgow...

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  6. Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger, The (2017)

    aka: The Seasons in Quincy

    Director
    Colin MacCabe; Christopher Roth; Tilda Swinton; Bartek Dziadosz
    Subject
    Arts and Humanities
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £9.99

    A four-part cinematic portrait of artist, philosopher and writer John Berger. In 1973, Berger moved from urban London to the tiny village of Quincy. These shorts examine different aspects of Berger’s life...

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  7. Bridging the Gap: Shift (2011)

    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 PAL, 58 minutes), Free

    Six new directors and short films on the theme of "Shift" commissioned by Scottish Documentary Institute. NIGHT SHIFT: Anne Wallace once had a dream to help Glasgow’s working women. Soon after she had a...

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  8. Picture of Britain, A (2005)

    Subject
    Art; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), 24.99

    A series of six programmes in which David Dimbleby tours Britain, exploring artistic response to the landscape and contemplating subjects such as travel, nationhood and romantic yearning. Individual...

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  9. Bridging the Gap: Future (2009)

    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 PAL, 78 minutes), Free

    Eight new directors and films on the theme of "Future" commissioned by Scottish Documentary Institute. PETER IN RADIOLAND: A carefully observed study of the director’s father Peter, who stubbornly remains...

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  10. 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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