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  1. The Secret Rome

    Date released
    26 Jan 1967
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    631
    NoS ID
    121841
    Story no
    1 / 1
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Rome - but not the tourists’ Rome. See the shimmering new buildings, built to look as the Coliseum and the Forum looked when they were white and fresh. Then slink away to the real,...

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  2. Architectural Terracotta (2 Parts) (2000 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, 40 slides each part., 2000 sale: £50.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) each part

    Slides illustrating the development of terracotta and examining some of the buildings in Britain where it may still be found. Part 1 (1999) focuses on the city of Manchester, with its wealth of terracotta...

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  3. Much Ado About Nothing (2002 Video)

    Director
    Gregory Doran

    Video recording, using a single, fixed camera of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2002 production of Much Ado About Nothing directed by Gregory Doran. Harriet Walter is Beatrice and Nicholas Le Prevost is...

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  4. First Emperor, The: China’s Terracotta Army (2007)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 40 minutes), £15.99

    Made for the British Museum to accompany the exhibition of Chinese terracotta figures.Based on th4e latest research and including location photography at key sites in China, this film sheds new light on the...

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  5. African King, The (1990 Video)

    Director
    Nigel Evans
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    About the illegal trade in Third-World art treasures, which is sustained by a large and complex international network of smugglers and dealers. Follows a trail of stolen 10th-17th century terracotta statues...

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  6. Entombed Warriors, The (1984)

    Director
    Bob Kingsbury
    Producer
    Rob McAuley
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 45 minutes), $7.49

    Based on the archaeological dig outside Xian in 1974 which unearthed a 6000-strong life size terracotta army and the tomb of Qin Shi Huang Di, the first Emperor of China. Tells the story of his reign....

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  7. Terracotta Time Machine, The (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Chris Hale
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the change of culture at the Natural History Museum, now charging for entry, creating a new corporate identity and promising popular new exhibitions, and its effect on the museum’s scientific...

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  8. First Emperor of China, The (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £16.99

    Qin Shihuang was the First Emperor of China. He not only gave China its name but is responsible for founding the longest enduring nation state in the world. This programme chronicles the period of Qin...

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  9. First Emperor, The: The Man Who Made China (2007)

    Director
    Nic Young
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £17.99

    Combining re-enactments, expert commentary, and impressive graphic re-creations, Discovery Channel’s THE FIRST EMPEROR: THE MAN WHO MADE CHINA traces the ingenious and brutal rise of Qin Shi Huang, the...

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  10. Renaissance Faces (2008)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 50 minutes), £5.00

    Renaissance artists made portraits for many of the same reasons that we do today: to mark important moments in individual lives, in memory of those who are no longer with us, or to promote a public...

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