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  1. Share Remixing Digital Archives: The Victorian Meme Machine (2015)

    Subject
    History; Information technology; Media studies

    Bob Nicholson (Edge Hill University) discusses a project which he undertook in 2014 with the British Library Labs to find and revive thousands of forgotten Victorian jokes. His ‘Victorian Meme Machine’...

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  2. National Theatre 50th Anniversary DVD (2014)

    Director
    Adam Low
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 301 minutes), £29.99

    A 2 disc DVD of the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations, which contains the ‘50 Years on Stage’ live gala performance and the two part Arena documentary on the history of the National...

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  3. Stuart Hall Project, The (2013)

    Director
    John Akomfrah
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £19.99

    John Akomfrah’s documentary about cultural theorist Stuart Hall combines archive imagery with specially filmed material and a Miles Davis soundtrack to present a sensitive portrait of one of the founders...

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  4. People’s Archive - Sir Peter Hall (2007 Multimedia)

    Producer
    Tamsin Newmark
    Subject
    Drama

    Peter Hall talks about his life and work. The video is presented in 5 parts divided into 40 segments (or stories) of about 4 minutes each. Sir Peter Hall talks about his early life, life at Cambridge...

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  5. Music Hall Days (2003)

    Subject
    Drama; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

    Lionel Blair traces the origins of the Music Hall back to the days of the riotous Bartholomew Fayres of the Middle Ages through to the performers of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens of the 19th Century. He...

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  6. Maria Martin, Or Murder in the Red Barn (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 120 min.

    Video recording using a single camera of a performance of ‘Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn’ and Victorian Music Hall, directed by John Caird, recorded at the Britten Theatre in December 1999, and...

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  7. Family Called Abrew, A (1992 Video)

    Director
    Maureen Blackwood
    Producer
    Nadine Marsh-Edwards
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    Highlights the contributions of black Britons active in the worlds of boxing and music hall during the early part of the century. Uses oral testimonies, archive footage and music of the period to chart one...

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  8. Next!2 (1990 Television, Video)

    aka: Lip Synch: Next

    Director
    Barry Purves
    Producer
    Sara Mullock
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 min.

    A puppet William Shakespeare, made using three-dimensional model animation techniques, performs his complete works before a sceptical Peter Hall figure. Without dialogue. Notable for the detailed perception...

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  9. Hardwick Hall: Power and Architecture (1989 Video)

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

    In many aspects Hardwick Hall is a typical, though exceptionally well preserved, Elizabethan house. In other respects it is unique; it is one of the most innovative houses of its date in Europe. The factors...

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  10. King Cotton’s Palace (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Coe
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows how Manchester Town Hall was designed to afford practical accommodation for a municipal bureaucracy and at the same time to express the growing power and wealth of the city of Manchester in the 19th...

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