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  1. Growing Cities (2013)

    aka: Growing Cities: A Film About Urban Farming in America

    Subject
    Agriculture; American Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 93 minutes), $18.71

    From rooftop farmers to backyard beekeepers, Americans are growing food like never before. Growing Cities goes coast to coast to tell the stories of these intrepid urban farmers, activists, and everyday...

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  2. City, The (2009)

    Director
    Willard Van Dyke; Ralph Steiner
    Producer
    Ralph Steiner
    Subject
    Architecture; Geography; Music; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 132 minutes), £14.99

    Based on the Lewis Mumford book, ‘The Culture of Cities’, which analyses the historical phases and modern social consequences of metropolitan life. Made for the 1939 New York World’s Fair ("The World...

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  3. Tale of Two Capitals, A: Paris and Rome (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Stantard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Charts the development of the cities of Paris and Rome in the 19th century. By the start of the century, Napoleon had created an empire with Paris as its capital and Rome as its second city. Later, Napoleon...

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  4. Metropolis 1 (1995 Video)

    Director
    Frank Prendergast
    Producer
    Bryn Higgins; Frank Prendergast; Antony Woodward
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1997 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Series tracing the historical and technological evolution of six typical components of a modern city. Uses graphics, video effects and dramatic re-creation to revealt he hidden mechanisms that enable the...

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  5. Who Belongs to Glasgow? (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Jack Leatham
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Images are representations of places; they are constructed and contested, and they also represent multiple identites, uniqueness of place and interdependencies. Glasgow was once regarded as the place which...

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  6. Hillsborough Community (1994 Video)

    Director
    Paul Weston
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Preview, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 367 min.

    Interviews with the people of Hillsborough, Sheffield, record the stories and memories of the area, known as Sheffield 6. Residents talk about how the quality of life has been improved by the introduction of...

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  7. London (1993 Video)

    Director
    Patrick Keiller
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 80 min., £15.99 (inc.)

    Records fictitious journeys through the real London, shot by Patrick Keiller over a period of 12 months, capturing a city in decline. The year 1992 saw the re-election of the Conservative government, the...

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  8. Mother of the Megacities (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Andrea Brown
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The problems facing the world’s largest cities are often seen as hopeless, yet in Cairo there is no homelessness, the crime rate is low and development continues within traditional cultural boundaries....

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  9. Los Angeles: City of the Future? (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 2000 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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  10. Picturing the Modern City (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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