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  1. International Women’s Day Concert 2018 (2018)

    aka: BBC Concert Orchestra and Jane Glover: International Women’s Day Concert

    Subject
    Music; Women’s studies

    A group of academics spent 12 months tracking down the lost music of five forgotten women composers, who range from an 18th-century Viennese child prodigy to an award-winning African-American symphonist. All...

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  2. Beauty of Diagrams, The (2010)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy illustrates that, far from being a reluctant visual medium, science is actually at the forefront of many of the world’s most iconic and revolutionary designs. In THE BEAUTY...

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  3. Renaissance Florence: The Art of the 1470s (1999 Video)

    Director
    Carol Hambledon; Marcus Latham
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 2000 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)

    Examines the decade beginning around 1470, when the city of Florence became the artistic capital of Europe with outstanding works being produced in a variety of media. Evokes the atmosphere of Florence at...

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  4. Riddle of the Dome, The (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Cameron Balbirnie
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Off-air recording Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows Florentine architect Massimo Ricci as he attempts to unravel the secret construction methods used by Filippo Brunelleschi in building the dome of Florence cathedral. He has built a house-sized...

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  5. Passionate Statistician, The (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Pip Surgey
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL), £34.99

    Florence Nightingale made use of statistics in her hospital work during the Crimean war to show that hospital hygiene was so poor that the wounded were less likely to die from disease at the front than in...

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  6. Florence. Part 1 (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Examines the complex relationship between medieval and Renaissance Florence. Looks at a number of medieval buildings in Florence, including the Palazzo Vecchio, the Baptistery and San Miniato, and shows how...

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  7. Florence. Part 2 (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines a city block in the centre of Florence, which consists principally of domestic buildings, dominated by the Palace of the Guelf Party (14th-16th century). These include a medieval tower-house, the...

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  8. Great Britons (1978 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 60 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Portraits of famous personalties in British history. 1: Nelson was a hero in his own lifetime due to his series of victories against the French. He died splendidly on his own flagship at the hight of his...

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  9. Florentine Carnival (1977 Video)

    Subject
    History; Italian studies
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    Recreates background for the street carnivals of the time of Lorenzo de Medici. A group of strolling players presents songs, sketches and a display of tumbling.

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