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  1. Shilluk of Southern Sudan, The (1975 Film, Video)

    Director
    Chris Curling
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An account of the rituals, mock battles and celebrations involved in the installation of the 32nd king of the Shilluk of southern Sudan, the most northern of the Nilotic peoples, whose dynasty was founded by...

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  2. Police Tapes, The (1977 Film)

    Director
    Steve Morrison; Alan Segal; Malcolm Southern
    Subject
    Social welfare; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A group of British policemen from Birmingham are shown excerpts from the American television programme THE POLICE TAPES, which shows New York police at work in the Bronx. They discuss the likelihood of...

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  3. Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (4 Vols) (1981 Video)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, 4 videocassettes. VHS. col. 90 min. each, 2001 sale: £10.99 (inclusive) each volume 2001 sale: £34.99 (inclusive) set

    A television dramatisation based on the biography of Churchill by Martin Gilbert. In 1929 Winston Churchill believe that his political career was finished. Ten years later he was leading the world in the...

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  4. Rules of War, The (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 2000 hire: £10.00 (inclusive)

    Examines the relevance of the rules of war in today’s conflicts, 50 years after the signing of the Geneva Conventions in 1949. Investigates whether adherence to the humanitarian ideals of the conventions...

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  5. Excavating Television (2007)

    Director
    Amy Ramsey
    Subject
    Archaeology; Media studies

    In this personlal short film by University of Southern California student Amy Ramsey, the archaeologist/filmmaker explores what the public knows, and often misconstrues, about her field of study. She...

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  6. Orphans of Passage: Udule (1993 Video)

    Director
    Bruce MacDonald
    Producer
    Bruce MacDonald
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In 1987 the Uduk people of southern Sudan fled from their homes and from Africa’s longest-running war. On the road, with children lost and scattered, the Uduk are struggling to piece together their lives.

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  7. Nuclear Accident (1977 Film)

    Director
    Charles Sturridge
    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Investigates claims made by exiled Russian scientist Dr Zhores Medvedev that a nuclear accident occurred 20 years ago in the Southern Ural mountains in Russia. The accident was ‘hushed up’ but facts and...

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  8. History of a Mystery, The (1996 Video)

    Director
    William Cran
    Producer
    William Cran
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates rumours of buried treasure stolen from Solomon’s temple and buried beneath the streets of Renne-le-Chateau in southern France, linked to an elaborate conspiracy involving secret Christian...

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  9. Curse of the Klan, The (1981 Video)

    Director
    Stephen Segaller
    Producer
    Paul Greengrass
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Reports on the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan in both northern and southern states of America and the rising tide of racism there. Includes interviews with Klan members past and present and members of the...

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  10. Oliver Kite’s Fawley (1968)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 28 minutes), £8.00

    Oliver Kite was a well-known naturalist and chalk stream fisherman who presented his own wildlife television on Southern Television during the 1960s. His soft tones and great knowledge of natural history...

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