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  1. Art of France (2017)

    Subject
    Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    Three episode series tracing the history of French art, presented by art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon. Beginning with the arrival of Classicism and the Age of Enlightenment, the series proceeeds through the...

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  2. Filthy Cities (2011)

    Producer
    Sam Starbuck
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    Presenter Dan Snow traces the evolution of three of the world’s major cities, from the perspective of their unhygienic pasts, looking at how Paris, London and New York have evolved into paradigms of the...

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  3. World in Arms, A (3 Parts) (2005)

    aka: War Against Napoleon - A War in Arms

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 147 minutes), £14.99

    A 3-part television series depicting the story of the war between Britain and France under Napoleon Bonaparte. It was the first ‘world war’ - as empires clashed, five million people died in fighting that...

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  4. Marat/Sade (2001)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 120 minutes), £6.85

    Adaptation by Peter Brook from his own Royal Shakespeare Company production of Peter Weiss’ play entitled ‘The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates at Charenton...

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  5. French Revolution, The: Impact and Sources (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Amanda Willett
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the way historians use primary source that exist from the impact of the French revolution on ordinary people.

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  6. Western Tradition, The (8 Parts) (1989 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 x 30 min., 1997 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p) each

    Series tracing the history of ideas, events and institutions that have shaped modern societies. Explores interconnections among politics, literature, economics, industry, agriculture, art, philosophy and...

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  7. French Revolution, The (1988 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Looks at the causes and course of the French revolution of 1789-93. Covers: the high hopes of 1789 - the Declaration of the Rights of Man; war, counter-revolution and social conflict; the place of the...

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  8. Revolutions and the Modern State (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Vic Lockwood
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Eric Hobsbawm, Emeritus Professor of History at Birkbeck College, London, and Michael Mann, Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, discuss key features of modern states by looking more...

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  9. Thomas Paine: The Most Valuable Englishman Ever (1982)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 47 minutes), £12.99

    Kenneth Griffith tells the story of Thomas Paine, an 18th century Sussex customs officer who played a central role in both the American and French revolutions. Son of a Norfolk corset maker he wrote the...

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  10. Three Steps to Thermidor (1978 Video)

    Director
    Peter Coltman
    Producer
    Peter Coltman
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 22 min.

    An account of the events of the French Revolution from the Serment du Jeu de Paume to the execution of Robespierre, told in contemporary pictures. - Intended audience: First- and second-year undergraduates...

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