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Core Resources for Historians (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

Twelve tutorials, each centred around a lecture written by a subject specialist. The lecture introduces the historical issues, evidence and interpretation. The tutorials are supplemented by resources such as...

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Slums on Screen

Date

23 Feb 2017, 13:36

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Slums on Screen: World Cinema and the Planet of Slums by Igor Krstić (Edinburgh University Press, 2016), 288 pages, ISBN: 978-1474406864 (hardback), £75 About the reviewer: Tamara Courage is a PhD...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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LBC - Frequently asked questions

Date

23 Aug 2012, 17:19

Author

Gabriel Hernandez

Post Type

Page

What is the London Broadcasting Company / Independent Radio News [LBC/IRN] Project? The project is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee [JISC] digitisation programme and managed by The Media...

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Managing Agent and Advisory Service

Date

10 Sep 2010, 16:36

Author

Gabriel

Post Type

Page

The British Universities Film & Video Council and the Rights Department of the Open University ceased acting as the Managing Agent and Advisory Service for Moving Pictures and Sound Online (MAAS...

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Intelligent Speech

Date

2 Apr 2014, 11:39

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

 As part of the British Library’s commitment to delivering a multimedia research environment, they are exploring the potential of speech-to-text technologies for finding non-textual content. Luke...

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Encountering Europe on Screen

Date

30 Nov 2015, 12:33

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Article

What role does European film and television drama play in constructing our sense of European identity? The Mediating Cultural Encounters through European Screens (MeCETES) project seeks to find out, as...

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Channel 4: Thirty Years Later

Date

10 Jan 2013, 09:09

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of Channel 4, in November the University of Portsmouth held a two-day conference dedicated to the output of the UK’s fourth terrestrial TV channel. Dr...

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