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Outbreak of the First World War, The (1988 Video)

Producer

Ian Thompson

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Centres on an interview with Professor Fritz Fischer and the debate surrounding his thesis that a general war was planned by the leadership of Germany to prevent the growth of Slav power. This offers an...

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Media Screen Roundup - June 2015

Date

13 Jul 2015, 12:45

Author

Linda

Post Type

Post

The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. This issue opens with a rather morbid...

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Mother Courage (2000)

Subject

Drama

A 2-camera recording of a new translation of Brecht’s MOTHER COURAGE by Lee Hall, performed at the New Ambassador’s Theatre in May 2000 by Shared Experience. "What is a performance of MOTHER COURAGE...

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Insect War, The (1970 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION (BBC) REFERENCE ONLY (BUFVC), Videocassette. U-matic. b&w. 50 min.

Examines the control of insect pests, the problems of blanket use of insecticides, and the various alternative methods of biological control by insect predators and other means.

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Means of Grace (1996)

Director

J. Clements

Subject

Mental Health and Counselling; Social Studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $99 [Institutional rate]

Ann Clements Conger was an ambitious journalist in the 1940’s. In the 1950’s she became a mother, and torn between her domestic roles and her career, she began a frightening journey into the world of...

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Surviving Chau (2006)

Director

Mainak Bhaumik

Subject

Anthropology; Dance; Development studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 50 minutes), $195.00

This documentary maps the evolution of the ancient ethnic dance form of Chau - an athletic dance of India done by men in masks - from an anthropological and sociological perspective. In addition to following...

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Counter Culture Volume I (1960)

Subject

Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 140 minutes), $9.99

A compilation of six youth revolution films from the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Hidden Wars in the Middle East (2003)

aka: Hidden Wars of Desert Storm

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale Hire, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99 (sale) £7.00 + £20 deposit hire (OPC)

A documentary offering insights about the history of Western involvement in the Middle-East, about the situation that led to the Gulf war after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, about the hidden US...

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Heroes: The Films of John Pilger 1970 - 2007 (2008)

Subject

History; Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2538 minutes), £30.00

"HEROES..." is the first, definitive collection of ground-breaking documentaries from John Pilger’s career as a world renowned film-maker, author and investigative journalist. The title, Heroes, is taken...

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Space Race Films 1957-1965 (2006)

Subject

History; Media studies; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), $9.99

14 films, including advertisements, newsreels, depicting the struggle between the US and the USSR to achieve supremacy in space

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