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Stevenson’s Travels (1994)

Producer

John Archer

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 100 minutes), £125.00

Celebrates the life and work of Robert Louis Stevenson, who died on 3 December 1894 at the age of 44. Part 1 tells the story of Stevenson’s restless life, from a sickly childhood in Edinburgh, which he...

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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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Cave of Gold (2001 Multimedia)

aka: Uamh an Oir

Subject

Music; Sociology

Distribution

CD-ROM

A bilingual Gaelic and English CD-ROM, based on the 1995 film ‘Cave of Gold’, bringing together the oral tradition of Gaelic song, people, places and events. Extracts from two key poems of Sorley Maclean...

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Whisky Galore! (1949)

Director

Alexander Mackendrick

Subject

English language and literature; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 83 minutes), £12.99

When a ship carrying 50,000 cases of whisky runs aground, the inhabitants of a Scottish island cannot resist the temptation to replenish their depleted supplies. Only an English Home Guard captain stands in...

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Poets and People (3 Parts) (1987 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30, 45, 45 min.

Part 1: Douglas Dunn reads his poems to a mixed-age audience at a community school on a deprived housing estate outside Edinburgh. An account of Dunn’s background is illustrated by stills of places...

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Margaret Tait: Selected Films 1952-1976 (2006)

Director

Margaret Tait

Subject

Film Studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £10.00

A compilation of 7 short films by the Orcadian filmmaker and poet Margaret Tait, a forerunner of the English experimental directors of the late 20th century.. Over the course of 36 years she produced over 30...

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Passwords: Poets and Poetry from the Neab Anthology

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 25 minutes), £19.99 together

The series features selected poets and poems from the NEAB GCSE English Language and Literature Anthology. Programmes 1-3 on Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy and Ted Hughes feature the poets themselves and...

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Spring Re-Loaded 3 (8 Parts) (1997)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

out of distribution

Recordings of contemporary dance performances from the 1996 Spring Loaded season held at The Place, London. The two-camera live-mix version does not interpret the work but does capture the spontaneity of...

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Poets: The Spoken Word (2004)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 70 minutes), £9.95

From the first days of recording the voices of poets reading their own work have been thought worthy of permanent record. This CD looks back at the earliest English-language poets whose voices have survived,...

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Recent additions to the Moving Image Gateway

Date

17 Oct 2013, 10:26

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

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The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,400 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into   over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or ...

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