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Human Waste (1991 Video)

Director

Kate Woods

Producer

Kate Woods

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

Examines the inherent drawbacks of our Victorian sewage systems and considers alternative ways of treating human waste - low-tech radical methods such as dry composting toilets, oxidisation pools and...

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Gothic London: Recreating the Ancient City on Screen (2018)

Subject

Film studies; History

First in a series of three lectures in which Professor Ian Christie explores key moments in the portrayal of London in cinema over the past century, and what these portrayals may mean locally and...

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Albert Memorial, The (1985 Video)

Producer

Tony Coe

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks in detail at one of the most important sculptural commissions of Victorian England - the memorial in Hyde Park to Prince Albert, and shows how the style and design of the memorial transformed it into a...

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How Do I Love Thee? The Brownings Story and Poetry (1997)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 2 CDs), $17.95

An original interweaving of poetry from Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, two best-loved poets of the Victorian era, with biographical background, performed by Joanna David, Steven Pacey and Sean Barrett.

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Doctress, The: Mary Seacole of Jamaica (2004)

Subject

History; Medical sciences; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 45 minutes), £15.00

A docu-drama about the Victorian Jamaican/Scottish nurse Mary Seacole who financed her own mercy mission the the Crimea after being rejected by the British Army because of her colour.

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Dark Angel, The (1993)

aka: Uncle Silas

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 148 minutes), $4.99

An American television adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s Victorian thriller, ‘Uncle Silas’. NB This title is currently only available in America (on NTSC video) and can thus only be purchased by...

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Afghanistan: The Great Game (2013)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £12.99

Rory Stewart tells the story of foreign intervention in Afghanistan from the 19th century to the present day. In part 1, Stewart looks at how control of Afghanistan was seen by Victorian Britain as key to...

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Shortwood Brickworks (1976 Film, Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Industrial archaeology film which records the processes of an extant Victorian brickworks north of Bristol before the site is renewed by its owners the Cattybrook Brick Company.

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Real Little Dorrit, The: Charles Dickens and Debtors Prisons

David Thomas examines the reality behind Charles Dickens’ fiction, using records from the National Archives as he explains what Victorian debtors’ prisons were really like and how accurate Dickens’...

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Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, The (2010)

Subject

Social Studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £195.00

Drama based on the real diaries of Anne Lister: a landowning woman who, as a lesbian, defied the conventions of her time. The film explores the social issues faced by women in 19th century life.

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